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.