1. Skip to content
  2. Skip to main menu
  3. Skip to more DW sites
Live TV
Latest audioLatest videos
In focus
Russia's war in UkraineGerman election 2025COP29 climate talks

Idomeni

Idomeni is a village located in the outskirts of Kouri hill, in northern Greece. It mounts in the west bank of Axios river, close to the broders with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Skip next section All Content on this topic

All Content on this topic

Stranded in Idomeni

Thousands of migrants are braving increasingly squalid and muddy conditions at Idomeni, on Greece's border with Macedonia. In an attempt to make the most of the desperate situation, one Iraqi man stranded there has opened his own market, supplying his fellow refugees with much-needed provisions.
March 11, 201606:31 min

Inside Europe - the inside take on European affairs

On today's programme: Mud and misery at a Greek migrant camp - Is the proposed EU Turkey deal to solve the migrant crisis, just "outsourcing" Europe's problems? - Vive la Gréve, or strikes, in France - Slovak politics in disarray following dramatic elections - The battle developing in Italy over San Gennaro's treasure - And the mad dogs and Englishmen playing cricket on ice in the Swiss Alps.
March 10, 201654:59 min

Inside Europe - Mud and misery at the Idomeni migrant camp

Natalie Carney reports on how migrants are coping with the grim conditions in Greece's Idomeni camp.
March 10, 201606:45 min
Bernd Riegert

Europe's cold heart

Bernd Riegert
The EU wants to outsource its refugee crisis to Turkey. The first victims are waiting in Idomeni, says Bernd Riegert.
March 9, 2016
external

@dwnews - Refugees in Idomeni spark online debate

March 8, 201602:15 min
A man tries to hold his place towards the end of the food line amid a sea of people in Idomeni refugee camp

Tensions simmer in Idomeni

More than 13,000 people wait at the Greek-Macedonian border, hoping to gain passage north.
March 7, 2016
People stand at the border crossing to Macedonia, which is lit by lanterns

Idomeni by night

At night a strange air of peace comes to Idomeni, where 12,000 people are camping at the Greek-Macedonian border.
March 4, 201610 images
external

Situation for refugees in Idomeni worsens

Freezing temperatures and pouring rain have led conditions in the refugee camp in Idomeni at the Greek-Macedonian to deteriorate. More than 10,000 people are camping in the fields there.
March 4, 201601:02 min

Inside Europe - Greece buckles under the strain of migrants

Anthee Carassava reports on how Greeks are coping with unprecedented numbers of migrants arriving.
March 3, 201603:39 min
Thousands of migrants have been stranded in Idomeni and Athens after making the perilous journey from Turkey to Greece

Thousands stranded in Greece

The UNHCR has warned of a "looming humanitarian crisis" due to Macedonia's decision to close its borders.
March 2, 2016
Griechenland Flüchtlinge in Athen Familie

On the brink

As the UNHCR warns of an impending disaster, in Greece many feel it’s unfolding already.
March 2, 2016
Mazedonien Grenze Griechenland Sami Kurde Syrien

Kurds of Idomeni

Life has calmed down in Idomeni after Monday's violence.
March 1, 2016
Tensions are rising high in Idomeni as more than 7000 refugees, mainly from Syria and Iraq, are trapped between Greece and Macedonia (Photo: DW, Dimitris Tosidis)

UNHCR: Humanitarian crisis unfolding in Europe

Reacting to the situation in Idomeni, the UNHCR said the tensions building up on the continent could fuel more violence.
March 1, 2016
Refugees at the Mazedonian-Greek border

Stranded at the Macedonian-Greek border

Since the Balkan States closed off their borders, thousands of refugees have been stuck in Greece.
March 1, 201601:25 min
Grenze Griechenland Mazedonien Flüchtlinge

Chaos in Idomeni

The closed border to Macedonia has refugees trapped in Greece with nowhere to go.
February 29, 2016
Flüchtlinge Protest an der Grenze zwischen Griechenland und Mazedonien

Migrants try to break through Macedonia fence

Frustrated at the bottleneck at the Greek-Macedonian frontier, refugees have tried to rush the border fence.
February 29, 2016
Griechenland Mazedonien Flüchtlinge aus Afghanistan Idomeni

Greece clears refugees

The evacuation of Afghan refugees in Greece has just begun and journalists are not allowed anywhere near the camp.
February 23, 2016
Bildergalerie Flüchtlinge an griechischen Tankstellen

Greek-Macedonian crossing closed?

Confusion for migrants at Greece's Idomeni crossing into Macdenia
January 27, 2016
Flüchtlinge Mazedonien

Asylum-seekers left in the cold

Asylum-seekers are being left stranded by unpredictable border closures as EU nations revise refugee policy.
January 23, 2016
Griechenland Mazedonien Grenze Flüchtlinge

Police evict refugees

Greek riot police have removed asylum-seekers from the Idomeni refugee camp.
December 9, 2015
Men in camouflage gear erect part of Macedonian's border fence near Idomeni, Greece

Peace becomes a struggle at Macedonia's border

Tensions boil over between stranded migrants as Macedonia completes a fence along the Greek border.
December 1, 201510 images
Refugees queue to cross the border into Macedonia

Doorway to Europe

A tiny settlement at Greece's northern border is the final stop for refugees on their way to Europe.
October 17, 2015