EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY CROSSING Migrants head from Serbia to Hungary along abandoned railway tracks

Record ID: 140545

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY CROSSING Migrants head from Serbia to Hungary along abandoned railway tracks
  • Date: 1st September 2015
  • Summary: HORGOS, SERBIAN BORDER NEAR KANJIZA, SERBIA (SEPTEMBER 1, 2015) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS WALKING AWAY ON TRAIL TOWARDS HUNGARIAN BORDER LONG COLUMN OF MIGRANTS WALKING ON RAILWAY TRACK TWO SMALL GIRLS WALKING IN FRONT OF COLUMN VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING TOWARDS HUNGARIAN BORDER VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS PASSING BY CAMERA AT RAILWAY CROSSING MAN CARRYING CHILD ON HIS SHOULDERS PASSING BY CAMERA VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING TOWARDS HUNGARIAN BORDER
  • Embargoed: 16th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Serbia
  • Country: Serbia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5C2PR06H02390T8IGU3GEZX99
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A now-familiar scene played out in northern Serbia as several hundred migrants walked from a temporary camp towards the Hungarian border on Tuesday (September 1).
    They cross into Hungary on foot, following an abandoned railway track that cuts through the 4-metre fence erected by Hungarian authorities and leads to a holding centre on the Hungarian side of the border.
    But nobody has plans to stay in Hungary, with the most popular destination being Germany and other western European countries.
    Some two thousand people travel the Balkan route daily, passing Greece, Macedonia and Serbia before entering Hungary and its border marking the beginning of EU's passport-free zone.
    According to UN estimates, the number is likely to increase to about 3,000 per day as the flow of people escaping the conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan continues unabated.
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