A BBC investigation has found that hundreds of migrants crossing into Macedonia are facing abuse, police brutality and even the risk of being kidnapped. An increasing number of migrants are trying to get to Northern and Western Europe via the Balkans.
Macedonia is one of the transit countries they travel through on their overland journey. International groups say that migrants travelling through Macedonia are often attacked by trafficking gangs and experience beatings, allegedly by the police.
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hundreds of migrants walk through Macedonia every day all hoping to reach Western Europe these people have already survived the deadly Mediterranean Crossing in makeshift boats we’re now in the borders between Greece and Macedonia this is one of the biggest groups we’ve seen so far most of the people we’ve seen today according to several human rights groups Macedonia has become one of the worst places for migrants in Europe some people they work for 4 days others 6 days others 10 days and even the macedonians police are they rob us they take our money papers and they beat us up they even let their dogs to terrorize us one of them pointed his gun at us they put us in cars and took us towards the borders again and then when they got us off the cars they started to beat us with batons I had a lot of money I had a nice house I have a lot of cars I lost all I lost everything I got nothing now I got I got no life and top of that we got this problem in the capital Scopia the government says it’s struggling to deal with the enormous wave of migrants passing through this year the yes there were uh police officers who were suspected that uh they have attacked illegal immigrants we had many police officers charged that they were part of this International chain of smuggling illegal immigrants the UN says there is an even bigger problem for migrants in Macedonia this is gazi Baba the country’s main detention center for migrants the UN and local human rights groups says it’s inhumane so uh this uh building is totally unappropriate for for keeping the the forign to keeping illegal migrants and it can get worse here in the north of the country very close to the Serbian border many are being held for ransom by criminal gangs this is Lan a name that is repeated with fear by migrants who have already been to Macedonia we are told it’s too dangerous to ask questions around here but a migrant held inside one of these houses sent us a cry for help from his phone yesterday the man came you know I have to give him like €300 but I don’t know I don’t know what to do I don’t have I don’t have 26 what really you know makes me angry is that you know it’s about our girls they they try to sleep with them if you refuse they don’t push you even if you pay this is rape we learned from locals that many migrants are held here until they pay around 300 Euros some stay here for weeks until someone sends them some money the Macedonian government told the BBC it would investigate these claims there are also plans for a new legislation that would allow migrants to cross the country in 72 hours it aims to stop police brutality and stop traffickers but until that happens the flow of desperate and vulnerable people through here continues Dina deash BBC News Macedonia
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So a mass of illegals coming to Europe in hopes of stealing from the locals and taking government handouts without an expectation of giving back?
"Give me a home! Give me protection! Give me food! Water! Money! Oh Poor me"
I like how everyone thinks that Syria was just some 3rd world shitehole before the Civil War. It wasn't. It was one of the most economically sound countries in the Middle East. It was a middle class society. These people understand how to work, and the vast majority would gladly do so in Western Europe.
this is bullshit a complete bullshit nothing you see here is true
Same thing happens between north America and Central America. No surprise.
Maybe they should receive a cars to make their journey more convenient?? Who let that virus inside Europe?…
A BBC investigation has found that hundreds of migrants crossing into Macedonia are facing abuse, police brutality and even the risk of being kidnapped. An increasing number of migrants are trying to get to Northern and Western Europe via the Balkans. Â
Macedonia is one of the transit countries they travel through on their overland journey. International groups say that migrants travelling through Macedonia are often attacked by trafficking gangs and experience beatings, allegedly by the police.
Lojani) is a village in the Lipkovo Municipality of the Republic of Macedonia. The settlement has an (ethnic Albanian majority) Â and is located on the border with Serbia.
Ethnic Albanians are making money some else misery and they are all arm!!!This nothing new.Doesnt matter which part balkans u go they all caved in. That's they culture.
what a bullshit video .nothing is try.
can anyone explain to me from where are they ?? .. im a little confused today …are they from Greece??
How did so many fighting age men get to Macedonia which is landlocked and has no coastline?
 Kosovo (annexed in Tony Blair's "beleive" 'everything Islamic terrorist say" Wars) frequently have atemted annex 'Muslim''  border towns in Macedonia? 
Why are they called Migrants and not refugees?
Don't forget the history of Palestine which was a christian nation that intentionally took in refugees.
LISTEN, LET THEM ALL STAY OR ELSE YOU ARE RACIST!!!
Over 100,000 made it to Europe LAST MONTH!!
The groups or gangs kidnapping are ethnic Albanians, which were also once migrants, from the Kosovo war in 1999. Macedonia accepted some 400,000 Albanian migrants, I really don't know what else you want from Macedonia which itself is a war torn country and economically weak.
WHY THose muslim DONT go to Saudi Arabia..UAE oman,, Kuwait. Barhain  .those are rich countrie  and have their own culture.. why they have to risk to Europe !
BBC is not worried about potential terrorists coming to Europe i think BBC should give all these Migrants a 1st Class ticket to England.
The Macedonians are trying to protect OUR EUROPE
czemu oni wpuszczaja te malpy przeciez to zawszawione syfy.
The swedish anti immigrant party is now the biggest party in sweden according to the latest poll. It will probably grow even bigger as the flow of immigrants increases.
What do you think? Why did you hide refugees face ? When they fled from their own country of that fear ? Are there jihadists among migrants ? I think there have jihadists !
Inhumane? The EU doesn't even recognize us by our constitutional name, AND THEY HAVE THE BALLS TO TALK SHIT ABOUT US AFTER BEGGING US FOR HELP?
And Lojane is an Albanian village, you know the criminals you called ''freedom fighters'' in 2001,and the guys you helped in the fight against us, maybe mention them not helping their ''muslim brothers and sisters''
I see No women. This has to stop! These people need to be forced to stay in their own countries and make the changes necessary. Everyone is sick of this.