The move was a shock for volunteers and aid workers who have spent months trying to improve conditions in the grim camp, built on a former toxic waste dump on the outs******ts of Calais. "Apparently for some, the European solution (to the crisis) is for all (migrants) to mass in Austria," she said.. "2,5000 reasons why Canadians should be proud today finger sprayer ManufacturersWelcomeRefugees," immigration, refugees and citizenship minister John McCallum tweeted on Sunday.Migrants try to break through a border fence into Macedonia on Monday near the Greek village of Idomeni, where more than 7,000 people are stranded. The UN's right chief on Monday criticised a "rising roar of xenophobia" towards migrants and insisted they posed no threat to local societies. "Because Austria decided on a limit of 80 per day, and not one more, we have reached today’s situation," Ms # Merkel said.

The Macedonian police fired tear gas as a group of some 300 Iraqi and Syrians forced their way through a Greek police cordon and raced towards a railway track between the two countries. (Photo: AFP)Hundreds of refugees on Monday tried to break through a border fence into Macedonia from Greece, where more than 7,000 people are stranded, as anger mounted over travel restrictions on migrants.In a sign of widening divisions within the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel meanwhile lashed out at Austria and Balkan states for abandoning debtladen Athens to refugee chaos. It’s infinitely sad to see the waste of so much work that we’ve done in the past months," said Maya Konforti of a charity. That’s not my Europe," she said. "We can’t just abandon this country," she said, referring to Greece. "Open the borders!" they shouted as a group of men used a metal signpost to bring down a section of barbed wire fencing into Macedonia, prompting the police to fire volleys of tear gas and preventing them from crossing.With Austria and Balkan states capping the numbers of migrants entering their soil, there has been a swift buildup along the Greece-Macedonia border with Athens warning that the number of people "trapped" could reach up to 70,000 by March.But Austria quickly hit back at criticism of its tougher migrant policy, describing it as "absurd". "We don’t have to take criticism from anyone on any side," interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said.

The situation was mostly calm, although one member of the British "No Borders" activist group was arrested."We didn’t think that it would happen with so many police. Canada, meanwhile, has met a selfimposed deadline to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees fleeing their country’s civil war, officials said, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Meanwhile, the French authorities began dismantling half of the "Jungle" migrant camp in the northern port city of Calais on Monday.As the bottleneck showed little sign of easing, Ms Merkel slammed the restrictions and pointed the finger at Austria, whose introduction of restrictions on February 19 triggered a domino effect in the Balkans. The protest occurred several hours after Macedonia allowed just 300 Syrians and Iraqis to cross before resealing the frontier.Two bulldozers and around 20 workers began destroying makeshift shacks, with 30 police cars and two anti-riot vans stationed nearby. "When one insists on his border, the other suffers. In Athens, ministers held an emergency meeting to determine how to handle the looming deadlock.