Rise of the mesh curtain: Tensions flare at Macedonian border as soldiers start to build three-metre high fence to keep migrants out

• A group of about 250 migrants attacked authorities guarding the Macedonian border on Saturday
• They were enraged that soldiers were building a wire fence to stop them crossing into the country 
• The migrants were also angry a Moroccan 24-year-old had been electrocuted in a train accident 
• Macedonia has closed the border to all migrants apart from refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan
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Meanwhile, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann revealed he hoped a deal between the EU and Turkey to be signed on Sunday, which would help stem the flow of people. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has broadly accepted a draft plan under which the EU would provide 3billion euros (£2.billion) in aid over two years for the 2.3million Syrian refugees in Turkey. It would also 're-energise' talks on Ankara's joining the bloc and ease visas for Turks.

'Turkey now wants 3 billion a year to invest the money in schools and accommodation. We will meet somewhere in the middle,' Faymann, a Social Democrat who governs with conservative coalition partners, was quoted as saying.

He said the money should be spent primarily for housing and schools and that the EU would sign off on payments only after reviewing each project.

Faymann added: 'We pay so that in other countries the standard of living rises.' 

More than 600,000 refugees and other migrants from the Middle East, Africa and Asia have entered Europe through Greece this year, many after making the short sea crossing from Turkey. 

Most of them continue on a long trek through the Balkans toward the promised lands of central and northern Europe.