Thousands of Migrants Break Through Border into Macedonia

Migrants stand on the Greek side of the border secured by Macedonian special forces as they wait for permission to cross into Macedonia near the southern city of Gevgelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Aug. 22, 2015.

The migrants were traveling from Greece

(GEVGELIJA, Macedonia) — Thousands of migrants have rushed past police who were attempting to block them from entering Macedonia from Greece.

The migrants went past barbed wire that blocked them from entry. Several people were injured when the police tried to stop them from rushing the border at another point on the border.

The chaos started when police decided to allow a small group ofmigrants with small children to cross the frontier and the rushing crowds in the back squeezed them toward the shielded police wall. Many women, at least one pregnant, and children fell to the ground apparently fainting after squeezing past the cordon.

There were no immediate reports of the number and the extent of injuries.