The Balkan Route

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A visual journey along the Balkan route, from the Greek island of Kos to the point where the Hungarian wall ends. Pictures by our reportes and contributors 

Crossing Hungary
"If you come to Hungary, you must not take the Hungarians' jobs!". A government billboard in the outskirts of Szeged (Photo André Cunha)
Crossing Hungary
The train for Budapest (Photo André Cunha)
Crossing Hungary
The map given by Hungarian authorities to refugees getting to the country (Photo André Cunha)
The Hungarian wall
Barbed wire at the border between Serbia and Hungary (Photo by Giovanni Vale)
On the island of Kos
Migrants and refugees in Kos, awaiting the boat that will bring them on the Greek mainland (Photo Fabrizio Polacco)
On the island of Kos
A small crowd of migrants and refugees awaits in front of the police station in Kos (Photo by Fabrizio Polacco)
The Hungarian wall
The Hungarian wall in Kübekháza, the town which borders with Serbia and Romania, and hosts nothing less than the end point of the "wall of Orbán" (photo Giovanni Vale)
Crossing Hungary
In Ásotthalom, a local "ranger" on his white Lada leads a convoy of refugees to the nearest collection point. This sort of "rangers" were hired by the town of Ásotthalom to help the local police (Photo Giovanni Vale)
Crossing Hungary
At the train station in Szeged (Photo Giovanni Vale)