- These aerial photographs show scores of tents covering muddy fields in the northern Greek village of Idomeni
- Scene looks like the remnants of music festival but actually shows a makeshift migrant camp on Macedonian border
- At least 10,000 men, women and children have been camped for days in the squalid conditions, with more arriving
- Macedonian authorities have set up a 19-mile barbed wire boundary, with 8ft fencing keeping out desperate refugees
Published: 23:24 GMT, 3 March 2016 | Updated: 09:30 GMT, 4 March 2016
With scores of tents pitched close together on a muddy field and snaking queues of people waiting in line for food, you could be forgiven for thinking these aerial photos show a music festival in full swing.
But, instead of showing the likes of Glastonbury, these bird's-eye view photographs actually show a makeshift migrant camp which has sprung up in the northern Greek village of Idomeni, near the Macedonian border.
At least 10,000 men, women and children have been camped for days in the squalid conditions at the Idomeni border crossing, with hundreds more arriving every single day.
The first two refugee camps are now so full that thousands have set up tents in fields nearby, living in appalling conditions. Hundreds have been seen queuing for hundreds of yards as they desperately wait to receive food distributed by a non-governmental organisation.
The fields on the outskirts of this Greek border town have become the flashpoint in Europe's massive refugee crisis, the size of which the continent has not seen since the Second World War.
Greek police said that in the 24 hours to 6am on Thursday, 500 people were allowed to cross the border to Macedonia. Some of those, however, were then turned back by Macedonian authorities who said their papers were not in order.
The migrants said Macedonia did not accept computer-generated stamps issued by the Greek police, and therefore they could not prove their identity documents are genuine.
Macedonian authorities have now set up a 19-mile barbed wire boundary, with parallel lines of 8ft fencing keeping thousands of migrants trapped in Greece. Only a narrow passage has been left in a bid to control migration flow, with officials growing increasingly stringent.
But, instead of showing the likes of Glastonbury, these bird's-eye view photographs actually show a makeshift migrant camp which has sprung up in the northern Greek village of Idomeni, near the Macedonian border.
At least 10,000 men, women and children have been camped for days in the squalid conditions at the Idomeni border crossing, with hundreds more arriving every single day.
The first two refugee camps are now so full that thousands have set up tents in fields nearby, living in appalling conditions. Hundreds have been seen queuing for hundreds of yards as they desperately wait to receive food distributed by a non-governmental organisation.
The fields on the outskirts of this Greek border town have become the flashpoint in Europe's massive refugee crisis, the size of which the continent has not seen since the Second World War.
Greek police said that in the 24 hours to 6am on Thursday, 500 people were allowed to cross the border to Macedonia. Some of those, however, were then turned back by Macedonian authorities who said their papers were not in order.
The migrants said Macedonia did not accept computer-generated stamps issued by the Greek police, and therefore they could not prove their identity documents are genuine.
Macedonian authorities have now set up a 19-mile barbed wire boundary, with parallel lines of 8ft fencing keeping thousands of migrants trapped in Greece. Only a narrow passage has been left in a bid to control migration flow, with officials growing increasingly stringent.
These aerial photographs show the scores of tents which have sprung up at a makeshift migrant camp in the northern Greek village of Idomeni, near the Macedonian border, where thousands of refugees have set up a base as they wait to try and cross into Macedonia
The first two refugee camps are now so full that thousands have set up tents in fields nearby, living in appalling conditions. Hundreds have been seen queuing for hundreds of yards as they desperately wait to receive food distributed by a non-governmental organisation
At least 10,000 men, women and children have been camped for days in the squalid conditions at the Idomeni border crossing, with hundreds more arriving every single day. It comes as Macedonian officials set up a barbed wire fence to control the movement of migrants
These fields have become the flashpoint in Europe's massive refugee crisis, the size of which the continent has not seen since WWII
Refugees and migrants (left) block the railway track in front of Greek police cordon as others (right) wait in queue to receive food distributed by non-governmental organisation at a refugee camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni
Macedonian authorities have now set up a 19-mile barbed wire boundary, with parallel lines of 8ft fencing keeping thousands of migrants trapped in Greece. Only a narrow passage has been left in a bid to control migration flow, with controls growing increasingly stringent
This aerial photograph shows migrants blocking the railway track in front of Greek police cordon as others (right) wait in a queue for food
A razor wire fence built by Macedonian authorities separates Greece and Macedonia as tents of refugees and migrants stand in Idomeni
Greek police said that in the 24 hours to 6am on Thursday, 500 people were allowed to cross the border from Idomeni to Macedonia
A man holds a child near the northern Greek border station of Idomeni as hordes of tents stand in the muddy field behind him
Children play with baggage in a refugee camp where thousands of migrants are waiting to be allowed to cross the border into Macedonia
Migrants who are waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, gather to receive travel documents near the village of Idomeni, Greece
A woman hangs on clothes in a refugee camp in Idomeni where thousands of refugees are waiting to be allowed to cross the border
A refugee woman feeds her children in a tent while waiting for permission to pass the borders from Idomeni, Greece to Macedonia
A policeman speaks to the hundreds of migrants who have gathered at the Greece-Macedonia border in their desperate bid to cross
Migrants argue between themselves as they wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village camp of Idomeni
Migrants shout chants while blocking a railway during the protest demanding the opening of the border between Greece and Macedonia
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Desperate migrants use their BABIES as emotional blackmail to get into Europe as they brandish tiny infants towards razor wire
By Isabel Hunter for MailOnline
Desperate parents are resorting to holding their babies up to the razor wire in a gut wrenching plea to Macedonian border guards to let them through and continue their journey into Europe.
Frustrated, freezing and exhausted, the thousands of families from Iraq and Syria have left their war-torn country to risk the choppy waters of the Aegean sea and are now forced to appeal to the hearts of the guards at the Idomeni camp on the Greek-Macedonian border.
The defenseless infants - some just a few weeks old and wrapped in woolly hats and blankets are presented as proof of their parent's anguish.
Up to 10,000 people - including 2,500 children - are now waiting at the gates of the 19-mile long fence, while hundreds more arrive every day to find overstretched aid agencies struggling to cope with the worst humanitarian crisis in decades.
‘We’re shocked at how many children we see,' Save The Children's Imad Aoun told MailOnline. 'When they hold their kids up to the border guards they’re saying it’s not about us adults – we’re here for our children. They want to get their kids out.'
One migrant was pictured as he cradled his crying infant dressed in a snug white baby-grow before holding the child above his head, presenting him to the guards.
Another father was seen holding his child as close to a bonfire as he dared, in a bid to keep him warm, while mothers slept under the open sky with just blankets and their body heat to protect their young ones from the early spring chill.
Frustrated, freezing and exhausted, the thousands of families from Iraq and Syria have left their war-torn country to risk the choppy waters of the Aegean sea and are now forced to appeal to the hearts of the guards at the Idomeni camp on the Greek-Macedonian border.
The defenseless infants - some just a few weeks old and wrapped in woolly hats and blankets are presented as proof of their parent's anguish.
Up to 10,000 people - including 2,500 children - are now waiting at the gates of the 19-mile long fence, while hundreds more arrive every day to find overstretched aid agencies struggling to cope with the worst humanitarian crisis in decades.
‘We’re shocked at how many children we see,' Save The Children's Imad Aoun told MailOnline. 'When they hold their kids up to the border guards they’re saying it’s not about us adults – we’re here for our children. They want to get their kids out.'
One migrant was pictured as he cradled his crying infant dressed in a snug white baby-grow before holding the child above his head, presenting him to the guards.
Another father was seen holding his child as close to a bonfire as he dared, in a bid to keep him warm, while mothers slept under the open sky with just blankets and their body heat to protect their young ones from the early spring chill.
Frustrated: The border gate has been closed to Afghans, while Iraqi and Syrian refugees have been allowed through if they have papers
Desperate: A man shows the border guards and the press his infant in the hopes they will take pity on them and let them through
Overflow: But hundreds of people are arriving everyday while less than 200 were let through into Macedonia yesterday morning
Crowds: The Idomeni camp was originally extended to shelter 1,200 people but now upwards of 8,000 people have been staying there
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3475652/No-s-not-Glastonbury-Aerial-photos-huge-tent-city-migrant-camp-Greece.html#ixzz41xKt6pw8
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