Macedonian police accused crowds of hurling stones and other objects at them on Sunday in a bid to break down a fence at the border with Greece, saying they had used tear gas to protect themselves.
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said 260 people were treated for injuries: 200 for breathing problems, 30 for wounds caused by plastic bullets and 30 for other injuries.
There are an estimated 11,000 migrants and refugees stranded at the flashpoint Idomeni crossing, many of them fleeing war in Syria and Iraq.
The spokesman for the Greek migration coordination agency Giorgos Kyritsis blasted the Macedonian reaction as totally unwarranted and out of proportion.
He told Vima radio station that there had been "an excessive and asymmetrical use of force" that had created a "very difficult situation on Greek soil."
A police source said the situation was "calm" on Monday in the sprawling Idomeni camp with only two people remaining in hospital.
Some 300 people were treated on Sunday for injuries according to police.
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