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Refugee crisis: Drone footage reveals sprawling camp at Greece-Macedonia border

The number of refugees and migrants stranded on the Greece-Macedonia border continued to swell on 7 March. Drone footage showed rows and rows of tents dotted for kilometres among the vast fields at the border, along the railway tracks and station, and around the main roads. Greek police officials said only 337 passed in the last 24 hours. Mar 7, 2016

Turkey: Police fire rubber bullets to break up Womens Day protest

Riot police forcibly broke up a rally of hundreds of women gathering in Istanbul to mark International Womens Day on 6 March. The women mounted their demonstration two days before the official Womens Day on 8 March despite a ban by the governor of Istanbul. Throngs of fleeing women could be seen running away from a police with shields firing rubber bullets into the crowd. Istanbuls governor had enacted the ban on demonstrations citing security concerns. Mar 7, 2016
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