Italian activists stage border protest in Greece
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Dozens of Italian activists protested in front of the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Monday, demanding the opening of the country's northern borders so that some 50,000 migrants and refugees trapped in Greece can reach their destinations in central and northern Europe.