By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/migrant-crisis-macedonia-overwhelmed-influx-day-record-numbers-rescued-sea Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Photos: More migrants land in Greece day after record numbers rescued from Mediterranean Sea World Aug 23, 2015 12:45 PM EDT More than 5,000 migrants crossed into Serbia on Sunday en route to western Europe, as Greece ferried more refugees from overcrowded islands to its mainland. A record 50,000 migrants have landed in Greece by boat from Turkey in July, Reuters reported, and arrivals have exceeded 160,000 this year, exposing massive shortages in the country already mired in the worst economic crisis in generations. Elsewhere on Saturday, Italy’s Coast Guard says it coordinated the rescue of 4,400 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday — the most in a single day — officials reported. Italian, Norwegian and Irish naval forces carried out the rescues in 22 separate operations, the Associated Press reported, after smugglers took advantage of ideal sea conditions off the coast of Libya to pack migrants onto a fleet of unseaworthy boats and inflatable dinghies. So far in 2015, about 110,000 migrants have been rescued off of Libya and brought to southern Italian ports. Syrian refugees on a dinghy approach, in rough seas, a beach on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. An Afghan mother comforts her crying child moments after a dinghy carrying Afghan migrants arrived on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. A Syrian woman cries while holding her children moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. An Afghan migrant carries his daughter, moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. Syrian refugees from Kobani pose for a selfie, moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. Migrants cross into Macedonia near Gevgelijia, from Greece’s border with Macedonia, August 23, 2015. Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters. Migrants rest at the train station in Gevgelija, Macedonia, August 23, 2015. Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Andrew Mach Andrew Mach Andrew Mach is a former Digital Editor for PBS NewsHour in New York City, where he manages the online editorial direction of the national broadcast's weekend edition. Formerly, Mach was a news editor and staff writer for NBC News. He's also written for the Christian Science Monitor in Boston and had stints at ABC News, the Washington Post and German network ZDF in Berlin, in addition to reporting for an investigative journalism project in Phoenix. Mach was a recipient of the 2016 Kiplinger Fellowship, the 2015 RIAS German/American Exchange fellowship by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation and the 2012 Berlin Capital Program Fulbright. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a native of Aberdeen, South Dakota. @andrewjmach
More than 5,000 migrants crossed into Serbia on Sunday en route to western Europe, as Greece ferried more refugees from overcrowded islands to its mainland. A record 50,000 migrants have landed in Greece by boat from Turkey in July, Reuters reported, and arrivals have exceeded 160,000 this year, exposing massive shortages in the country already mired in the worst economic crisis in generations. Elsewhere on Saturday, Italy’s Coast Guard says it coordinated the rescue of 4,400 migrants from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday — the most in a single day — officials reported. Italian, Norwegian and Irish naval forces carried out the rescues in 22 separate operations, the Associated Press reported, after smugglers took advantage of ideal sea conditions off the coast of Libya to pack migrants onto a fleet of unseaworthy boats and inflatable dinghies. So far in 2015, about 110,000 migrants have been rescued off of Libya and brought to southern Italian ports. Syrian refugees on a dinghy approach, in rough seas, a beach on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. An Afghan mother comforts her crying child moments after a dinghy carrying Afghan migrants arrived on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. A Syrian woman cries while holding her children moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. An Afghan migrant carries his daughter, moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. Syrian refugees from Kobani pose for a selfie, moments after arriving on a dinghy on the island of Lesbos, Greece August 23, 2015. Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters. Migrants cross into Macedonia near Gevgelijia, from Greece’s border with Macedonia, August 23, 2015. Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters. Migrants rest at the train station in Gevgelija, Macedonia, August 23, 2015. Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now