Balkans

At closed border, thousands stand their ground in hope
At closed border, thousands stand their ground in hope
At closed border, thousands stand their ground in hope
Through the coils of razor wire and a fence that stretches across green fields, the gathered people can see what has become a forbidden land -- Macedonia and its still-snow-capped mountains, the route they had hoped to take on their journey northward through the Balkans to the more prosperous heartland of Europe.