Aid Agencies Sound Alarm over Freezing Balkans Weather as Migrant Deaths Reported

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12 January 2017 09:00 WIB

Migrants wait in line to receive a plate of free food during a snowfall outside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, January 11, 2017. Dozens of migrants are at risk of freezing to death in Europe after heavy snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures hit Greece and the Balkans, aid agencies said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Migrants walk during a snowfall inside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, January 11, 2017. Central and southeastern Europe have been gripped by freezing weather and snowstorms for days, with night-time temperatures dropping below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit) in some areas. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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Migrants queue for food in front of an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The Missing Migrants Project, set up by the U.N. migration agency (IOM), has recorded 11 migrants deaths in the Mediterranean since the start of the year, including four who died of hypothermia at Europe's land borders with Turkey. AP/Darko Vojinovic

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A migrant carries a plate of free food during a snowfall outside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, January 11, 2017. In the past 10 days a Somali woman was found dead from suspected hypothermia in Bulgaria and an Afghan man died in northern Greece, while last Friday two Iraqi men were found frozen to death near the Turkish-Bulgarian border, according to local media reports compiled by the project. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A migrant eats in front of an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. In the capital Belgrade about 1,500 migrants, including hundreds of unaccompanied children as young as 10, are sleeping rough in abandoned buildings, Save the Children said. AP/Darko Vojinovic

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Migrants warm themselves by the fire inside a derelict customs warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia, January 11, 2017. More than 7,500 people are also stranded in freezing conditions in Serbia, including dozens trapped near the Hungarian border. The agencies urged European governments to act rapidly to avoid further loss of life. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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