On freight trains, migrants in Greece seek new routes north

An Algerian migrant smokes inside an abandoned railway wagon used as a shelter by stranded migrants, in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) - It was Mohamed Khaleuf's third attempt to cross the Greek-Macedonian border hiding in a freight train and he had no plans to give up trying.

"I promised myself I would try five times. If I'm not successful, I will try to cross from somewhere else," said Khaleuf, a migrant from Morocco in his early twenties.