Migrants stranded on new route through Europe
Tensions are rising among thousands of migrants blocked by border controls as they head for Western Europe through the Balkans
300km
CZECH REP.
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
200 miles
AUSTRIA
Planned
fence
HUNGARY
SWITZ.
SLOVENIA
SERBIA
ROMANIA
CROATIA
Opatovac
Black
Sea
BOSNIA
BULGARIA
ITALY
KOSOVO
Istanbul
MONTE-
NEGRO
Main migration
routes
TURKEY
ALBANIA
Border fence
completed
Athens
MACEDONIA
Partial fence
Mediterranean
Sea
Border controls
GREECE
Short razor wire fence
Struggling to cope with
Greece:
Croatia:
built in 2012 and increased security
along border forces most migrants to
take sea route from Turkey
huge migrant influx – almost 200,000
have entered country since mid-
September, according to police.
More than 5,000 people stuck in
migrant camp in Opatovac
Construction of partial
Bulgaria:
fence and border control efforts more
than halved number of migrants
entering from Turkey in 2014
Limiting flow of migrants
Slovenia:
to 2,500 per day
Razor wire fences hastily
Denies Slovenia's claim it
Hungary:
Austria:
constructed along frontier with Serbia
and Croatia. Border closures forcing
migrants to switch to slower route
via Slovenia
will only accept 1,500 people per day
Temporary border
Germany:
controls extended until end of October.
Country plans to take in 800,000
asylum seekers this year, but number
could be as high as 1.5 million
Buses with thousands of
Serbia:
migrants waiting at Croatian border
Source: Wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Migrants stranded on new route through Europe
Tensions are rising among thousands of migrants blocked by border controls as they head for Western Europe through the Balkans
300km
CZECH REP.
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
200 miles
AUSTRIA
Planned
fence
HUNGARY
SWITZ.
SLOVENIA
SERBIA
ROMANIA
CROATIA
Opatovac
Black
Sea
BOSNIA
BULGARIA
ITALY
KOSOVO
Istanbul
MONTE-
NEGRO
Main migration
routes
TURKEY
ALBANIA
Border fence
completed
Athens
MACEDONIA
Partial fence
Mediterranean
Sea
Border controls
GREECE
Short razor wire fence built in 2012 and
Greece:
increased security along border forces most migrants to
take sea route from Turkey
Construction of partial fence and border
Bulgaria:
control efforts more than halved number of migrants
entering from Turkey in 2014
Razor wire fences hastily constructed along
Hungary:
frontier with Serbia and Croatia. Border closures forcing
migrants to switch to slower route via Slovenia
Buses with thousands of migrants waiting at
Serbia:
Croatian border
Struggling to cope with huge migrant influx –
Croatia:
almost 200,000 have entered country since mid-September,
according to police. More than 5,000 people stuck in
migrant camp in Opatovac
Limiting flow of migrants to 2,500 per day
Slovenia:
Denies claim it will accept only 1,500 per day
Austria:
Temporary border controls extended until
Germany:
end of October. Country plans to take in 800,000 asylum
seekers this year, but number could be as high as 1.5m
Source: Wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Migrants stranded on new route through Europe
Tensions are rising among thousands of migrants blocked by border controls as they head for Western Europe through the Balkans
Main migration
routes
Border fence
completed
Partial fence
Border controls
Short razor wire fence built
Greece:
in 2012 and increased security along
border forces most migrants to take
sea route from Turkey
Construction of partial
Bulgaria:
fence and border control efforts more
than halved number of migrants
entering from Turkey in 2014
Razor wire fences hastily
Hungary:
constructed along frontier with Serbia
and Croatia. Border closures forcing
migrants to switch to slower route
via Slovenia
Buses with thousands of
Serbia:
migrants waiting at Croatian border
Struggling to cope with
Croatia:
huge migrant influx – almost 200,000
have entered country since mid-
September, according to police. More
than 5,000 people stuck in migrant
camp in Opatovac
Limiting flow of migrants
Slovenia:
to 2,500 per day
Denies Slovenia's claim it
Austria:
will accept only 1,500 per day
Temporary border
Germany:
controls extended until end of October.
Country plans to take in 800,000
asylum seekers this year, but number
could be as high as 1.5m
Source: Wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
EU
Migrants stranded on new route through Europe
October 19, 2015 - Tensions are rising among thousands of migrants blocked by border controls as they head for Western Europe through the Balkans. Several hundred, including many women and children, spent the night in rain and cold at Croatia's border with Slovenia as countries quarrel over how to handle the large influx of people.