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This photo sums up the slow-motion tragedy unfolding in Europe
Over the last two months, the number of refugees arriving to Europe has reached staggering new heights as Europe struggles to deal with the increasingly difficult crisis.
And this photo, showing Hungarian police watching Syrian migrants climb under a fence to enter Hungary at the Hungarian-Serbian border, encapsulates the overflowing problem.
(Reuters/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungary has been reporting thousands of people breaking through the border with Serbia over the last few days — police say they detained 3,241 on Wednesday alone, according to The Associated Press. Many refugees are trying to reach the richer northern European countries.
A majority of asylum seekers are coming from Syria and have traveled through Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, and Serbia. Clashes between migrants and the police have become more frequent and violent, as European authorities have been failing to deal with the added influx of people arriving to the continent.
(Reuters)
In Hungary, a fence had been hastily erected on the Serbian border in a bid to keep out migrants, who are, according to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a threat to Europe's existence.
Last week, Macedonia became the focal point of the crisis when reports of police using stun grenades and beating refugees with truncheons surfaced. Macedonia then declared a state of emergency and sealed the border.
(REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski)
A girl cries after crossing Greece's border into Macedonia near Gevgelija, Macedonia, August 22, 2015.
Other reports have claimed that Serbian and Macedonian authorities, knowing that the migrants do not want to stay in their countries, have been facilitating the transit of the refugees who have managed to enter their borders.
Tensions in Europe have been flaring, especially in Germany, where neo-Nazi protesters have gathered outside homes holding asylum seekers, and many shelters have been set on fire. On Thursday, up to 50 refugees were found dead in a truck in Austria.
According to Frontex, the European border agency, over the January-July 2015 period an estimated 330.000 asylum seekers have entered Europe.
(Reuters)
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