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Refugees and migrants attempt to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border to enter Macedonia after an unsuccessful attempt yesterday, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. Hundreds of migrants have managed to breach the Greek-Macedonian border, further along from where the main crossing is closed. As many attempted to get across a swollen river, tragedy struck: Macedonian police say two men and a woman drowned. Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)

Refugees and migrants attempt to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border to enter Macedonia after an unsuccessful attempt yesterday, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. Hundreds of migrants have managed to breach the Greek-Macedonian border, further along from where the main crossing is closed. As many attempted to get across a swollen river, tragedy struck: Macedonian police say two men and a woman drowned. Officials say they are now taking steps to return the migrants who managed to get across into Macedonian territory. More than a thousand migrants earlier left a camp near the border in northern Greece, frustrated at the virtual closing of the so-called Balkans route. The border breach is reported to have happened north of the Greek town of Chamilo, and the bodies of the migrants who drowned were found across the border near Gevgelija. Also on Monday eight migrants were reported missing after a boat sank off the Greek island of Kos. Migrants are still arriving in Greece despite the border closures and a bottleneck of thousands of people, including the elderly and children. A complex draft agreement between the EU and Turkey over how to stem the flow of migrants will be debated at a summit in Brussels this week. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)



Refugees and migrants attempt to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border to enter Macedonia after an unsuccessful attempt yesterday, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)

Refugees and migrants attempt to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border to enter Macedonia after an unsuccessful attempt yesterday, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)



Refugees and migrants attempt to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border to enter Macedonia after an unsuccessful attempt yesterday, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)

Refugees and migrants attempt to cross a river near the Greek-Macedonian border to enter Macedonia after an unsuccessful attempt yesterday, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)



A thermal blanket is laid on mud at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A thermal blanket is laid on mud at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A migrant baby sits behind plastic sheets covering tents during a rainfall as a boy waves in a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border post of Idomeni, Greece, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out Monday of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north but were returned to Greece. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A migrant baby sits behind plastic sheets covering tents during a rainfall as a boy waves in a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border post of Idomeni, Greece, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out Monday of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north but were returned to Greece. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)



A handicapped migrant (L) and his comrade warm themselves next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A handicapped migrant (L) and his comrade warm themselves next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A child sits next to a cooking pot on a bonfire at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A child sits next to a cooking pot on a bonfire at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Children sit next to a cooking pot on a bonfire at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Children sit next to a cooking pot on a bonfire at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Migrants warm themselves next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Migrants warm themselves next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A migrant woman holding a baby is protected from rain under a plastic cover at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A migrant woman holding a baby is protected from rain under a plastic cover at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A girl carries logs from a shipment of firewood at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A girl carries logs from a shipment of firewood at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Migrants warm themselves next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Migrants warm themselves next to a bonfire at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A boy stands on mud as tents are seen in the background at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A boy stands on mud as tents are seen in the background at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Refugees and migrants gather logs from a shipment of firewood at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Refugees and migrants gather logs from a shipment of firewood at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A migrant woman looks from inside a tent, at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A migrant woman looks from inside a tent, at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



A refugee carrying her baby cries after crossing a river near the Greek-Macedonian border, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A refugee carrying her baby cries after crossing a river near the Greek-Macedonian border, west of the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Tents of migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border are pictured near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Tents of migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border are pictured near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Migrants walk along a road from the village of Chamilo to the migrant camp at the village of Idomeni, near the Greek-Macedonian border, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Migrants walk along a road from the village of Chamilo to the migrant camp at the village of Idomeni, near the Greek-Macedonian border, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)



Boys walk over muddy puddles in a makeshift camp for migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Boys walk over muddy puddles in a makeshift camp for migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)



Migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, walk over muddy puddles in a makeshift camp, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, walk over muddy puddles in a makeshift camp, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)



Refugee children play with a stuffed toy at a muddy makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)

Refugee children play with a stuffed toy at a muddy makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)



A migrant cooks at a bonfire inside his tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

A migrant cooks at a bonfire inside his tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)



Tents are set next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)

Tents are set next to railway tracks at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March 15, 2016. (Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters)
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