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A picture taken from the Macedonian side near Gevgelija on May 24, 2016 at the Greek-Macedonian border, shows the evacuation operation by Greek police officers of a makeshift migrant camp near the village of Idomeni. In an operation which began shortly after sunrise on May 24, hundreds of Greek police began evacuating the sprawling camp which is currently home to 8,400 refugees and migrants, among them many families with children, an AFP correspondent said. At its height, there were more than 12,000 people crammed into the site, many of them fleeing war, persecution and poverty in the Middle East and Asia, with the camp exploding in size since Balkan states began closing their borders in mid February in a bid to stem the human tide seeking passage to northern Europe. / AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP via Getty Images)