Greek police have completed clearing the Idomeni camp which served as a temporary home for thousands of migrants.
Greek police finish clearing up Idomeni refugee camp
Many of the residents have been moved to official refugee centres near Thessaloniki.
Authorities have also cleared a railway line linking Greece with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which for months had been blocked by people protesting to be allowed passage to Northern Europe.
Vicky Markolefa, a spokesperson for Doctors Without Borders said: “People want a better future, nobody wants to stay in the mud, everybody wants to create a new home, so many people see it very positively, that it is a step forward for a better future, but what people keep saying is that they don’t want to move to another camp, they want to start their lives from scratch, they want to start building a home again, so camps are not home for people, they are just a temporary solution.”
#Idomeni is over but the misery of those who lived there has merely been displaced. What will their future hold?https://t.co/2dH6ka9A3u— MSF Sea (@MSF_Sea) May 26, 2016
Since the Balkan route was cut off, tens of thousands of migrants were stranded in overcrowded camps in Greece.
Activists say only a fraction of Idomeni residents had accepted to be re-housed in official camps.
Some are waiting for the Macedonian border to reopen, while others are taking their chances with people smugglers.