According to U.N. officials and relief workers, more than 70 percent of the asylum-seekers at Idomeni, a small village with a population of 154, are Syrians and Iraqis.
Border Closures, Rule Changes Prompt Rising Refugee Fear
![Refugees line up at the refugee entrance into Macedonia at Idomeni, Greece. Only 100 or so -- sometimes fewer -- are being allowed to cross each day.](https://gdb.voanews.com/153BC595-5D5C-4970-BFD5-D1D072A42AA1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Refugees line up at the refugee entrance into Macedonia at Idomeni, Greece. Only 100 or so -- sometimes fewer -- are being allowed to cross each day.
![Tents are scattered all around an official camp.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E452949A-556E-42AA-97EE-3C668AC6530D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tents are scattered all around an official camp.
![Jalila, a 79-year-old Yazidi woman from northern Iraq hoping to join a daughter in Holland. Her farm is now in territory controlled by the Islamic State.](https://gdb.voanews.com/21E43293-EEEE-49B2-88F8-9E31D47DB7B7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jalila, a 79-year-old Yazidi woman from northern Iraq hoping to join a daughter in Holland. Her farm is now in territory controlled by the Islamic State.
![On the Tracks: a Syrian family wait to see if the border will be re-opened. Many who spent more than 30-days in Turkey before trying to make ini to Europe worry they will be turned back.](https://gdb.voanews.com/91BE3A2F-16B9-4272-A1E8-A32B9347CA1C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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On the Tracks: a Syrian family wait to see if the border will be re-opened. Many who spent more than 30-days in Turkey before trying to make ini to Europe worry they will be turned back.