Stream of refugees falters as Europe mulls closing borders

By Nick Miller
Updated February 14 2016 - 10:08am, first published 8:47am
Syrian refugee children. Photo: Nick Miller
Syrian refugee children. Photo: Nick Miller
A child in a refugee camp. Photo: Nick Miller
A child in a refugee camp. Photo: Nick Miller
Syrian refugee Shade, 21. Photo: Nick Miller
Syrian refugee Shade, 21. Photo: Nick Miller
Two women in wheelchairs wait for the border to Macedonia to open. Photo: Nick Miller
Two women in wheelchairs wait for the border to Macedonia to open. Photo: Nick Miller
Protesters next to a sign with the Greek word for "No" outside a refugee camp near Thessaloniki. Photo: Nick Miller
Protesters next to a sign with the Greek word for "No" outside a refugee camp near Thessaloniki. Photo: Nick Miller
A sign near the Greek-Macedonia border where refugees who are not Syrian, Iraqis or Afghans are turned back. Photo: Nick Miller
A sign near the Greek-Macedonia border where refugees who are not Syrian, Iraqis or Afghans are turned back. Photo: Nick Miller

Idomeni, Greece: It's 2pm and the gateway to Europe is shut. It's been shut all day.

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