The Balkans, the invisible wall of Europe
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Majdan – the Triple Border shared by Serbia, Romania and Hungary [January 2023]
'Welcome To Hell' written with charcoal on the wall of a refugee squat. The refugees are mainly from Afghanistan and North Africa [January 2023]
Mehdi, a 21-year-old from Casablanca, Morocco, has leukaemia and was unable to afford treatment in his home country. He hopes to get treatment in Europe [Horgos, Serbia, January 2023]
Two migrants from Morocco try to light a fire at their squat in Serbia near the Hungarian border. Temperatures can drop to 0-2 degrees every night making sleeping conditions extremely difficult [Horgos, January 2023]
A young migrant FaceTime calls a relative back home [Horgos, January 2023]
A migrant tries to dry his clothes after hiding in a river from the police following an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Serbian/Hungarian border [Horgos, January 2023]
A young man resting back in the squat. He confessed how he thought that after each border crossing, things would get easier but in reality, it never does [Horgos, January 2023]
A migrant was injured by a police officer after trying to cross the Serbian/Hungarian border [Horgos, January 2023]
The Balkan route is the second most important migration route to Europe. This route starts in Turkey and has seen strong growth since 2019. Barbed wire and violent police backups: crossing the border of Serbia is one of the most difficult steps.