Migrant crisis creates tense border situation between Greece and Macedonia

Syrian and Iraqi refugees trapped at the Greece-Macedonia border stop an arriving train during their protest demanding the opening of the borders. More than 5,000 people were trapped at the Idomeni camp after four Balkan countries announced a daily cap on migrant arrivals.

Refugees try to break through the Greek police blockade at the border fence of Macedonia during a protest near the village of Idomeni.

A migrant holds onto razor wire at the gate on the Greece-Macedonia border.

A refugee cries out after losing her child after the Macedonian police used tear gas against refugees at the Greece-Macedonia border.

A refugee protects an overwrought mother who could not find child after Macedonian police used tear gas during a protest near the village of Idomeni.

A man helps a boy who collapsed after inhaling tear gas fired by Macedonian police at hundreds of Iraqi and Syrian migrants who tried to break through the Greek border fence in Idomeni.

A man on the Greek side of the border runs away after Macedonian police fired tear gas at refugees who tried to push their way into Macedonia, breaking down a border gate near the northern Greek village of Idomeni.

A woman holds a baby in the makeshift migrant camp at the Greece-Macedonia border, where thousands of people are stranded.

A baby sleeps in the arms of a man in the makeshift refugee and migrant camp at the Greece-Macedonia border.

Refugees protest along the Greece-Macedoni border. The transit camp has become overcrowded as refugees continue to arrive from Athens and the Greek Islands.

Members of Macedonian special police forces walk to the border line with Greece, near Gevgelija.

Refugees and migrants hold flowers during a sit-in protest on the Greek side of the border fence in Idomeni, Greece.

A migrant child leaves flowers on the Greek side of the border fence at the Greece-Macedonia border.