Macedonia says accepts refugees only from war-stricken cities

Macedonia has imposed new restrictions on allowing refugees in, saying only refugees from cities that are at war can get into the country.

According to the reports, Greek police officials said on Sunday that Macedonia imposed the new limitation earlier in the day.

Under the new limitation, Syrians from the northern city of Aleppo can cross Greek border into Macedonia but people from Damascus or the Iraqi capital Baghdad are not defined as eligible refugees and cannot enter the Balkan state.

The restriction was the latest move by the Macedonian government in curbing the flow of refugees into the country.

Late last month, Macedonia said it would only accept 300 Syrian or Iraqi refugees as part of its new border crossing measure.

Also in February, Macedonia refused to accept Afghan refugees and this left some 13,000-14,000 people stranded in a camp in northern Greece.

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