Border Closures, Rule Changes Prompt Rising Refugee Fear

The bearded, gray-haired electrical engineer from the Iraqi city of Mosul looked distraught. “Will the Macedonians even let us pass, if they open the border,” he asked sitting cross-legged in front of a small tent that he, his wife, son and daughter jokingly refer to as "home." He has only just learned that the Macedonians, who are allowing only a daily trickle of refugees to cross the border, are turning back Iraqis and Syrians who have spent more than 30 days in Turkey or...

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