Macedonian Police Use Tear Gas to Stop Migrants at Border

Recently, after increased tensions with the European migrant crisis, Macedonian police used violent means to disperse a group of 12000 disgruntled and restless Middle Eastern migrants who had been stuck in a tent camp for multiple months after Macedonia closed its borders to immigrants.

Personally, I think that it's disgusting that the Macedonian government used violent methods against migrants just trying to find a better life. Not only do I disagree with Macedonia's closed border policy (because Macedonia was a passover country on the immigrant path to Germany, and many immigrants weren't staying there permanently), but its completely unacceptable to violently repress people, even if they are becoming physically restless. As far as I can tell, the use of these methods was not for self-defense on the part of the police, but purely because the migrants were vocally protesting the border closing, which by any standards is not grounds for violent repression. What's even sadder is that I'm willing to bet that this story won't get nearly the coverage it deserves, and Macedonia will not come under nearly as much fire as it deserves because the migrants are not white European citizens. Before it was even over, the whole world new about the 1968 DNC, but I can guarantee that we will not hear about this story anywhere else, and it's truly a shame, because these are the kinds of details that people need to know to make a fair assessment of the immigrant situation.

Alderman, Liz. "Macedonian Police Use Tear Gas to Stop Migrants at Border." The New York Times. The New York Times, 10 Apr. 2016. Web. 10 Apr. 2016. <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/world/europe/macedonia-greece-migrants-refugees.html>.