A group
of refugees beached at the Greece-Macedonia border have launched a hunger
strike in dispute of a filtering system by some Balkans countries which began
days ago, rejecting those classed as "economic migrants".
The hunger strikers at
the Idomeni border crossing are among thousands of asylum seekers now trapped
at borders.
Images have been posted
on social media showing several refugees, reportedly including Iranians and
Kurds, sewing each other's lips shut with nylon and a needle.
Amid a sit-in attended
by fellow asylum seekers, they protested measures enacted on November 17 by
four Balkan governments led by Slovenia, which blocked refugees that could not
prove citizenship from Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq.
The rejection by
Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia triggered a build-up of refugees
at Balkan borders, including some from the priority nations but without papers.
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