EU border crisis fast becoming 'humanitarian disaster'

The United Nations refugee agency says the build-up of thousands of migrants and refugees on Greece's northern borders is fast turning into a humanitarian disaster. Crowded conditions are leading to shortages of food, shelter, water and sanitation. It has prompted renewed calls for border controls to be re-established in the Schengen, or passport-free, zone.

: Charging their mobile phones with a generator at the border (AAP) Source: : Charging their mobile phones with a generator at the border (AAP)