U.N. decries Balkans border curbs on refugees; arrivals in Greece fall

Migrants' children stand among police officers as their families wait to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia, near Gevgelija, Macedonia November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday condemned new restrictions on refugees that have left around 1,000 migrants stuck at the main border crossing into Macedonia from Greece, denied entry due to their nationalities in violation of international law.

"Profiling asylum seekers on the basis of their alleged nationality infringes the human right of all people to seek asylum, irrespective of their nationality and to have their individual cases heard," U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said in a statement issued by his press office.