Thousands of Migrants Flow into Serbia from Macedonia
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Thousands of migrants and refugees
Thousands of migrants and refugees have been flooding into Serbia from Macedonia recently, first heading to a reception center a few miles from the frontier and then onto other European countries.
According to Serbian officials, upwards of 2,000 people cross its borders daily. Once inside Serbian territory, private buses are available to take them to Belgrade, Serbia's capital. From there, they typically proceed to the border with Hungary.
The Macedonian leg of their journey is complete when the train arrives at the border with Serbia. The five-hour train trip from the Greek border is difficult and for some it is too much.
On Saturday, a teenage boy had an epileptic seizure on the platform before a volunteer doctor rushed to help him. Meanwhile, others quickly re-organized bags, grabbed water and set off for the reception center.
The migrants included mothers carrying babies, father's with a life's belongings on their back, and teenagers traveling alone.
"I am journey to Germany, but money problem," said a migrant who had just crossed the border and entered Serbia.
"I want best life, just best life. I want to be a human," said another migrant on the border.
There is no border fence and only a small white pillar indicates the migrants are on Serbian soil. They continue through fields for another three kilometers and are then bused to the small Serbian town of Prevos, a once quiet community that is now rather overwhelmed with strangers everywhere.
The Serbian government set up a makeshift receiving center in the town in July. Outside the center, people line up to get in, while inside the center, people can't wait to get out.
Over 40,000 have passed through the center since July on their way to Belgrade and then on further into Europe. The camp receives about 1,000 to 2,000 people daily.
Each person is registered by the Serbian authorities and given a departure form, which states that they must either seek asylum or leave Serbia within 72 hours. It is a long process and after tiring trips in the summer heat, many people had little patience.
"We are very tired. We saw death 10 times ago. It's not a good solution to do this. We are human, nobody understands this! We are human, we are in our country, we are living a good life in our country before death and war. Why do this with us? Look children. Look garbage. We are so tired and we are waiting for paper and they are fighting," said Syrian refugee Salma, crying.
Tensions run high as the journey to Europe drags on.
"This is not right. I mean if every guy goes inside. We have these papers that came with us from Greece. We can just give them these papers and they can copy and paste everything because the officials in Greece verified every single information in here. And that's it. Why all this buzz?" said Mohammed Alil, a Syrian refugee.
The European union has been discussing ways to better coordinate efforts, such as unifying registration and building proper receiving centers in receiving countries such as Greece and Italy, but little has been done - leaving people like Salma waiting.
"The conditions in this camp are difficult. I think the challenge in recent weeks is, correctly, that large numbers of people are coming in and the facilities that we have, have not been geared to that amount of people. I would say that is always a major challenge to try and reach as many as possible with limited resources," said Niklas Stoerup Agerup, field protection officer of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR).
With forms in hand, the migrants then pile onto border buses for the six-hour journey to Belgrade.
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According to Serbian officials, upwards of 2,000 people cross its borders daily. Once inside Serbian territory, private buses are available to take them to Belgrade, Serbia's capital. From there, they typically proceed to the border with Hungary.
The Macedonian leg of their journey is complete when the train arrives at the border with Serbia. The five-hour train trip from the Greek border is difficult and for some it is too much.
On Saturday, a teenage boy had an epileptic seizure on the platform before a volunteer doctor rushed to help him. Meanwhile, others quickly re-organized bags, grabbed water and set off for the reception center.
The migrants included mothers carrying babies, father's with a life's belongings on their back, and teenagers traveling alone.
"I am journey to Germany, but money problem," said a migrant who had just crossed the border and entered Serbia.
"I want best life, just best life. I want to be a human," said another migrant on the border.
There is no border fence and only a small white pillar indicates the migrants are on Serbian soil. They continue through fields for another three kilometers and are then bused to the small Serbian town of Prevos, a once quiet community that is now rather overwhelmed with strangers everywhere.
The Serbian government set up a makeshift receiving center in the town in July. Outside the center, people line up to get in, while inside the center, people can't wait to get out.
Over 40,000 have passed through the center since July on their way to Belgrade and then on further into Europe. The camp receives about 1,000 to 2,000 people daily.
Each person is registered by the Serbian authorities and given a departure form, which states that they must either seek asylum or leave Serbia within 72 hours. It is a long process and after tiring trips in the summer heat, many people had little patience.
"We are very tired. We saw death 10 times ago. It's not a good solution to do this. We are human, nobody understands this! We are human, we are in our country, we are living a good life in our country before death and war. Why do this with us? Look children. Look garbage. We are so tired and we are waiting for paper and they are fighting," said Syrian refugee Salma, crying.
Tensions run high as the journey to Europe drags on.
"This is not right. I mean if every guy goes inside. We have these papers that came with us from Greece. We can just give them these papers and they can copy and paste everything because the officials in Greece verified every single information in here. And that's it. Why all this buzz?" said Mohammed Alil, a Syrian refugee.
The European union has been discussing ways to better coordinate efforts, such as unifying registration and building proper receiving centers in receiving countries such as Greece and Italy, but little has been done - leaving people like Salma waiting.
"The conditions in this camp are difficult. I think the challenge in recent weeks is, correctly, that large numbers of people are coming in and the facilities that we have, have not been geared to that amount of people. I would say that is always a major challenge to try and reach as many as possible with limited resources," said Niklas Stoerup Agerup, field protection officer of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR).
With forms in hand, the migrants then pile onto border buses for the six-hour journey to Belgrade.
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