Balkan Route

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The so-called Balkan Route exists for years, but 2015 was the moment when this name came to the international attention. It happened mostly because that year the Syrian Civil War, officially started in 2011, got worst and the same happened about the activities of the Islamic State in Middle East area.

Thousands of people were dreaming about reaching the European Union crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the closest Greek islands – Kos, Lesvos and Chios – and going on to the North.

Six years after we are again assisting to a huge number of people trying to cross the border between Belarus and Poland, sleeping in shelters in the wooden area while Polish soldier are rejecting their attempts with procedures often not properly welcoming.

Again is dutiful to remember that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights talks about the right to look for asylum, but doesn’t about getting it.

Location /Year:

Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia /2015

Topic:

Migrations, War

Outout:

Content Development

Photo Reportage

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6 or 7 people on a small inflatable boat
Handwritten memo shows how to reach Germany from Izmir, Turkey.
A Syrian displays his notes for the trip to Germany with pointing all sections and transport vehicles best to reach them, filled thanks to the information given from companions having completed the trip before him.
Man, woman and three kids in dark
Kos. Greece. September 2015. A Syrian family near the police station of Kos town.
Palm trees, trash bags, men, chairs
Kos. Greece. September 2015. The Capitan Elias hotel, an abandoned hotel now occupied by dozens of refugees.
A girl looking back with worried face
Between Macedonia and Serbia. September 2015. Almost all refugees try to form groups of about twenty members during the trip, trying not to let alone family with children, older women or at least the weaker people.
People on a tree
Kos. Greece. September 2015. African refugees waiting for their documents.
Four to five groups sitting in the meadow at dusk. There are more children than adults.
Idomeni. Greece. September 2015. At sunset, a group of refugees is preparing for the night. No one expected to have to wait here three or four days before you cross the border, and many are not equipped for the low temperatures at night.
A girl in a bus
A man prays facing Mecca in dark
During the bus trip from Preshevo in Belgrade, in a park in a service area, a man prays facing Mecca.
A woman in a long dress is walking on a railroad track
A woman is going to cross the border between Serbia and Hungary.
A child wearing a huge jacket
Belgrado. Serbia. September 2015. A child in the park in front of the railway station wearing the jacket just received by Red Cross personnel.
People walking in the vast grasslands
Roszke. Ungheria. September 2015. Smugglers carry some refugees to the bus station.
Small map telling that Hungary border is closed
Between Serbia and Hungary. September 2015. The aid workers in the area distribute fliers to migrants telling them the way to Croatia.
People cross a big road with helping each other
A leaflet that the Hungarian government has distributed
A leaflet that the Hungarian government has distributed, through the aid workers and the serbian police, to the refugees, warning them of the new Hungarian law which provide jail for anyone trying to cross the border illegally .
Half naked guy throwing something
Horgos-Roszke border area. Between Serbia and Hungary. September 2015. Riots between refugees and Hungarian police. Throwing stones at the police.

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