IDOMENI, Greece — Refugees and other migrants boarded buses Wednesday on the second day of an operation to evacuate the sprawling, makeshift Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border.
More than 700 police were deployed but no violence was reported in the push that began at dawn Tuesday in the camp of more than 8,000 people. Journalists have been banned from the site.
Authorities said about 2,000 people moved out on the first day, leaving just more than 6,000 in Idomeni early Wednesday, and by early afternoon at least 430 more had left. The camp’s evacuation is expected to last several days, with residents being transported to newly built shelters set up in northern Greece by local authorities and the army.