Migrant stowaways ride Greek freight trains seeking escape to north

Migrants climb onto a freight train in an effort to reach and cross the Greek-North Macedonian border without documents, in Thessaloniki, Greece, August 23, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis

THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) - The unassuming freight train rumbles across the countryside in northern Greece, but a moving shadow cast on the ground reveals human figures hiding between its wagons.

Migrant stowaways crouch on the couplers. The monotonous clickety-clack of the wheels speeding over the iron tracks makes them drowsy, or it could be the heat and wind in their faces.