Idomeni migrants worry about EU-Turkey deal

(20 Mar 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY

AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Idomeni - 20 March 2016
1. Various of migrants in Idomeni camp
2. Migrant carrying baby
3. Wide of camp
4. Various of migrants in camp
5. Migrants holding Kurdish flag
6. Migrants walking in the camp
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohamed Najji, 33-year-old migrant from Syria:
"We asked the UN (United Nations) and other authorities to make the place better and find the solution to the situation here. And everybody wants to cross the border. No one wants relocation, because relocation programme will have (take) a very long time, maybe one year."
8. Migrants sitting on train tracks, holding placards
9. Placard reading (English) "If EU has mercy, he must open the borders"
10. Migrants holding placards reading (English) "Open the border" and "Our friends Greeks, we thank you for your love"
11. Various of migrants reading information board
12. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Christos Goudenoudis, mayor of Peonia municipality:
"They asked us to bring sleeper cars through OSE (the national rail company). There are approximately seven or eight cars that will be able to somewhat house refugees here. That's not the solution. I think they should be removed from here."
13. Various of migrants in the camp
STORYLINE:
Confusion reigned in the Idomeni camp for migrants and refugees on the closed border between Greece and Macedonia on Sunday.
Sunday is the day the migration agreement between the European Union and Turkey comes into effect - but its implementation still remains uncertain.
As part of the deal, migrants who arrive on the Greek islands are to be screened and their identity recorded before being sent back to Turkey.
The Balkan borders are to remain closed, but most migrants already on Greek territory are to be exempt from plans for a swift deportation.
At the Idomeni camp on Sunday, migrants tried to seek information on the EU-Turkey deal - many responding with disappointment.
The migrants have been advised to register for relocation within the EU, but they will not have any say in where they'll end up.
The Greek government on Friday said conditions at the camp were "intolerable" and suggested housing the migrants in rail sleeper cars.
But the local mayor on Sunday said this was not a solution and that the migrants should be relocated to organised camps with proper facilities.
===========================================================
Clients are reminded:
(i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected]
(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service
(iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter:   / ap_archive  
Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​
Instagram:   / apnews  


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...