Migrants stranded in Serbia endure harsh living conditions as they wait to cross Hungarian border

NTD Staff
By NTD Staff
February 7, 2017World News
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Hundreds of migrants stranded in Serbia for months live rough near Hungary’s fortified border, hoping they will manage to cross undetected and continue their journey towards wealthier EU countries.

The migrants, mostly young men from Pakistan and Afghanistan, endure the winter in improvised shelters and light tents, as well as derelict farmhouses in the area.

They either couldn’t find a place in crowded formal reception camps in Serbia or were unwilling to try, because most are far from the border they want to cross.

The migrants mostly live in small groups of friends and acquaintances.

Tents, standing alone or in groups of three or four, are strewn across a 3-10 kilometre-deep area from the border fence into Serbia.

At the peak of the migration crisis, thousands of people, many of them refugees from war zones in the Middle East, crossed the so-called Balkan route from Greece, across Macedonia and Serbia, to Hungary until it closed its border, then through Croatia and Slovenia toward Austria.
(REUTERS)

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