In news from Europe, Macedonia has declared a state of emergency and sealed its southern border with Greece after more than 40,000 migrants have flooded into the country over the last two months. A spokesperson for the Interior Ministry announced the decision Thursday.

Interior Ministry spokesperson Ivo Kotevski: “The Macedonian government has decided to declare a state of emergency in crisis regions, on its southern and northern borders, so, according to laws, army can be deployed on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia.”

The majority of migrants have been passing through Macedonia in efforts to reach Germany, Britain and Sweden. But with the border between Greece and Macedonia now sealed, thousands are stranded in a no man’s land between the two countries. On Thursday night, police fired tear gas at the crowd of migrants by the border. One man spoke about the violence.

Migrant: “They shoot us today. They shoot us today, I can tell you. I see it. We was in front of the place. Officer people, they—officer people in Macedonia, they shoot the people.”