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Migrants stand around a fire at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Saturday, March 19, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging migrants in the squalid tent city at Idomeni, on the Greek-Macedonian border, to trust Greek authorities and leave for better accommodation as thousands have stayed on site after the closure of Macedonia's border, clinging to hopes the Balkan route used for months by migrants heading for central Europe will reopen. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

Migrants stand around a fire at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Saturday, March 19, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging migrants in the squalid tent city at Idomeni, on the Greek-Macedonian border, to trust Greek authorities and leave for better accommodation as thousands have stayed on site after the closure of Macedonia's border, clinging to hopes the Balkan route used for months by migrants heading for central Europe will reopen. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)



A boy sits next to a fire at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A boy sits next to a fire at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A girl sits on railway tracks at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A girl sits on railway tracks at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A blanket flutters in the air as it hangs on the border fence at the Greek-Macedonian border, at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A blanket flutters in the air as it hangs on the border fence at the Greek-Macedonian border, at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Syrian refugees stand next to tents at Idomeni train station next to a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Syrian refugees stand next to tents at Idomeni train station next to a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A woman stands in a corridor at Idomeni train station where refugees and migrants find shelter at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A woman stands in a corridor at Idomeni train station where refugees and migrants find shelter at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



An Iraqi refugee boy of the Yazidi faith stands next to the border fence at the Greek-Macedonian border, at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

An Iraqi refugee boy of the Yazidi faith stands next to the border fence at the Greek-Macedonian border, at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A refugee sits outside her tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A refugee sits outside her tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Two refugee girls (C) line up for a breakfast distribution at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Two refugee girls (C) line up for a breakfast distribution at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Tents are set at Idomeni train station next to a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Tents are set at Idomeni train station next to a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 19, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Syrian refugee Shukria Al Bakr, 19, from Idlib, Syria, sits next to her ten-day-old newborn baby Zaynab inside a tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, in this file photo taken March 17, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Syrian refugee Shukria Al Bakr, 19, from Idlib, Syria, sits next to her ten-day-old newborn baby Zaynab inside a tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece, in this file photo taken March 17, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A refugee family gathers around a bonfire next to an abandoned building, near a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A refugee family gathers around a bonfire next to an abandoned building, near a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A bonfire smokes next to tents at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A bonfire smokes next to tents at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Refugees move among tents set next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Refugees move among tents set next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Refugees stand next to tents at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Refugees stand next to tents at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Tents are seen next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Tents are seen next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Clothes are seen hanging to dry on a fence next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Clothes are seen hanging to dry on a fence next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A Pakistani migrant looks at his phone next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A Pakistani migrant looks at his phone next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Tents are set at the Idomeni railway station, as part of a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Tents are set at the Idomeni railway station, as part of a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A Syrian refugee girl warms herself next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A Syrian refugee girl warms herself next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A tent is set next to the Greek-Macedonian border fence at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A tent is set next to the Greek-Macedonian border fence at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A view of the closed gate for railway passage at Greek-Macedonian border fence near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A view of the closed gate for railway passage at Greek-Macedonian border fence near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 16, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)
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