3 bodies thought to be migrants found in river Macedonia
Bodies were discovered in the Suva Reka river
14 March, 12:30
(ANSA-AP) - TRIESTE - Police in Macedonia say the bodies of two men and one woman, believed to be migrants, have been found in a river near the border with Greece.
Police spokesman Toni Angelovski told The Associated Press that the bodies were discovered early Monday in the Suva Reka river, near the border town of Gevgelija.
More than 40,000 people have been stranded in Greece after Macedonia and other ex-Yugoslav countries closed their borders to migrants and refugees. The closures have prompted many to try and seek more dangerous crossings.
UNHCR official Ljubinka Brasnarska said 19 migrants had been placed in a shelter in Macedonia and another three were hospitalized after crossing the Suva Reka.
She told the AP that border closures are forcing migrants to resort to "desperate actions." (ANSA-AP).
