EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SERBIA-HUNGARY Migrants continue to flow across Serbia’s border into Hungary

Record ID: 145943

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/SERBIA-HUNGARY Migrants continue to flow across Serbia’s border into Hungary
  • Date: 28th July 2015
  • Summary: SUBOTICA, SERBIA (JULY 27, 2015) (REUTERS) DESERTED BRICKYARD WRITING ON WALL MIGRANTS SLEEPING ON FLOOR /SIGN READING (Serbian): "Backa brick 1904" MIGRANTS ON FLOOR MIGRANTS STANDING OUTSIDE MIGRANTS WALKING INSIDE BRICKYARD MIGRANTS OUTSIDE SITTING NEXT TO TENTS MIGRANTS SITTING ON GROUND CHILD STANDING IN ENTRANCE TO TENT/ MIGRANTS SITTING TWO MIGRANTS TALKING MIGRANTS WAITING FOR MEDICAL HELP FROM MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (MSF) DOCTORS NURSE FROM MSF HELPING MIGRANTS VARIOUS OF LOCAL EMERGENCY DOCTOR HELPING MIGRANTS MIGRANTS WALKING KANJIZA, SERBIA (JULY 27, 2015) (REUTERS) CITY PARK, SIGN PROHIBITING FIRES, LITTERING, SLEEPING MAN SLEEPING ON GROUND WOMAN WATCHING WOMAN AND CHILD SITTING ON BENCH (SOUNDBITE) (English) MIGRANT FROM DAMASCUS, SYRIA, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING: "I will go to Hungary, after that to Austria, after that to Germany, because I want to go to university, maybe working. I want a good life, just." MIGRANTS IN CITY PARK NEAR MARTONOS, SERBIA (JULY 27, 2015) (REUTERS) GROUP OF MIGRANTS WALKING TOWARDS HUNGARY MIGRANTS WALKING INSIDE WOODS SIGN READING (Serbian):"Border area"/ MIGRANTS BORDER POLICE VEHICLE ON HUNGARIAN SIDE OF BORDER
  • Embargoed: 12th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Serbia
  • Country: Serbia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAE0QCOIO8DV2BVFK6QO5LL4PME
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: SHOT 2 HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO WRITING ON WALL (WE WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE LANGUAGE)
    As Hungary steps up its effort to build a fence along its border, its southern neighbour Serbia is struggling to deal with a tide of illegal migrants from North Africa and the Middle East passing through the country en route to Western Europe.
    Near the town of Subotica in northern Serbia, an abandoned brick factory has become a makeshift shelter used by hundreds of migrants exhausted by their arduous route via the Balkans, having already passed through Turkey, Greece and Macedonia.
    Although basic amenities are scarce in the camp, many of the migrants are hopeful they will be able to continue by first reaching Hungary, a member of the EU and of the passport-free Schengen area, before travelling on to Western Europe.
    "I will go to Hungary, after that to Austria, after that to Germany. Because I want to go to the university, maybe work. I want a good life," a migrant from Syria who wished to remain anonymous told Reuters.
    According to Serbian authorities, some 61,000 illegal migrants have been registered in transit through Serbia this year, while Hungary has already started building a fence along its border with Serbia to stem the growing tide of illegal border crossings.
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