Orlando Bloom snaps selfies with children as he visits Syrian refugees in Macedonia

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The Hollywood actor visited the Macedonian border town of Gevgelija
He met with migrants at a registration camp making their way into Europe
Was pictured playing with some of the children who told him they had fled Damascus

Published: 11:05 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 12:43 EST, 29 September 2015

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Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom has met with migrants at a transit camp in Macedonia as they make their way into Europe.

The Lord of the Rings star, who is also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, chatted with the travellers and even snapped selfies on his mobile phone with them.

The father-of-one entered one of the tents in the town of Gevgelija, where asylum seekers must go to register.

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Orlando Bloom high fives with a young migrant during a visit to a refugee camp on the Macedonia Greece border

The Hollywood actor, who is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visited the registration camp in the town of Gevgelija

The actor was treated to a dance performance by two of the younger boys at the camp near the border crossing

Mr Bloom snaps pictures on his mobile phone of two little girls at the registration camp as they make their way into Europe

There he played with some of the children in the camp and helping them with their colouring in.

He also spoke to an older boy, who spoke of how he had fled the Syrian capital of Damascus to make the journey to Europe.

Later, the actor was pictured with laughing with some younger boys before giving one of them a big high five and enjoying a dance performance from another.

Meanwhile some of the older teenagers told Mr Bloom how they intended to leave the camp soon to reach their ultimate destination of Germany.

Orlando Bloom shakes a baby's hand at the refugee centre in Macedonia

Bloom, wearing a UNICEF t-shirt chatted to dozens of migrants hoping to reach Europe

Bloom shares a joke with a migrant girl who waits to board a train heading to the Serbian border

Asylum seeker Tariq Maria poses with the actor as they snap selfies on their mobile phones at the camp

The teenager told Mr Bloom who he had fled the Syrian capital Damascus and wanted safety in Europe

The actor takes a picture of one of the young refugee girls at the camp as she goes through her belongings

The actor's trip also comes after Greek police estimated that 5,5000 migrants are crossing the border everyday into Macedonia on their journey north

Thousands of migrants continue to arrive in Macedonia everyday after Hungary sealed its borders to migrants

The 38-year-old also waited with migrants for a train to come into the nearby station and take them north to the Serbian border.

Dressed in jeans, a UNICEF T-shirt and a hooded jacket, the actor briefly went aboard the train before it departed.

Macedonia has become a key transit route in the Balkans with thousands of asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanisatan and Somalia entering the country every day.

They stop at the registration camp before making their way on to other EU countries such as Germany.

Mr Bloom also spoke to children inside one of the tents, with one of the older boys telling him he wanted to make it to Germany

The actor waves off some of the migrants who once being registered at the camp, continue their journey into Europe by train

The EU has agreed to boost aid for Syria's neighbours, including one billion dollars through UN agencies

The Balkans migration route has become more popular after Hungary sealed its borders, forcing migrants to take another way to western Europe.

The actor's trip also comes after Greek police estimated that 5,5000 migrants are crossing the border everyday into Macedonia on their journey north.

Vassiis Tsartsanis from a local charity helping migrants said: 'Nearly 60 per cent of them are Syrians..

The EU has agreed to boost aid for Syria's neighbours, including one billion dollars through UN agencies, in a bid to mitigate the refugee influx into Europe.

EU interiors ministers also pushed through a deal this week to relocate 120,000 refugees despite fierce opposition from central and eastern European states.