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Migrants protesting EU deal show SOLIDARITY with Brussels after ISIS attack

Март 22, 2016     Автор: Юлия Клюева
Migrants protesting EU deal show SOLIDARITY with Brussels after ISIS attack

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A MIGRANT protesting at the closure of European borders has been pictured holding up a sign in solidarity with Brussels terror victims.

Thousands of refugees and migrants are staging a demonstration at the Greek-Macedonian border, after the new EU-Turkey deal dubbed 'one in one out' was heavily criticised by the UN.

Roughly 12,000 people are at the squalid Idomeni Camp, close to the boundary between the two countries.

As news of the deal filtered through, aimed at cutting off the sea crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands, a mass protest was sparked which saw numerous men set themselves on fire in protest.

But amongst the chaos, a lone boy was pictured holding up a sign which read "Sorry for Brussels", made to look like blood was dripping from the country's name.

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Belgium's capital is in lock-down after it was the target of a terrorist attack which has so far left 34 dead and hundreds injured after two explosions, including a nail bomb, were detonated.

Brutal organisation ISIS, otherwise known as Daesh, has claimed responsibility for the atrocities, according to a news agency affiliated with the group, AMAQ.

The killer regime, which has its headquarters in Raqqa, Syria, has seen hordes of displaced people flee the war-torn country with the majority heading for Europe's shores, as the civil war limps into its fifth bloody year.

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More than a million refugees poured into Europe last year, the majority via Greece.

But the latest deal struck by leaders in an attempt to address the crisis has ignited mass panic among refugees and migrants, who fear they will be sent back to Turkey.

UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) heavily criticised the agreement and has since announced they will stop taking migrants from Lesbos to registration facilities in Greece amid claims they have been turned into detention facilities.

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They said: "UNHCR is not a party to the EU-Turkey deal, nor will we be involved in returns or detention."

But they added they would: "Continue to assist the Greek authorities to develop an adequate reception capacity."

The deal has not stopped a flood of desperate continuing to pour into the Greek islands trying to reach western Europe.