Minus 20 centigrade is no exception. Hawa and his cousin saher are among the estimated 1000 refugees stuck in the serbian capital, trying to survive in desperate conditions. Many like them have paid thousands of euros to flee the unrest in their homelands. However, hungary tightened border controls last year and effectively shut down the much used balkan route into mainland europe. Returning home to afghanistan would mean facing torture by the taliban. Attempting to illegally cross into hungary they say could swiftly end in arrest or beatings by border guards. Their only option is to wait. Reporter hawe safe and his cousin saher are desperate to leave. The two afghan refugees are exasperated. Theyve been stranded in a rundown area just behind belgrades central station. Over the course of several months, this area has developed into an illegal refugee encampment. Today, the serbian government has sent a bus to relocate children and the sick to an official refugee camp. Saher some people
Minus 20 centigrade is no exception. Hawa and his cousin saher are among the estimated 1000 refugees stuck in the serbian capital, trying to survive in desperate conditions. Many like them have paid thousands of euros to flee the unrest in their homelands. However, hungary tightened border controls last year and effectively shut down the much used balkan route into mainland europe. Returning home to afghanistan would mean facing torture by the taliban. Attempting to illegally cross into hungary they say could swiftly end in arrest or beatings by border guards. Their only option is to wait. Reporter hawe safe and his cousin saher are desperate to leave. The two afghan refugees are exasperated. Theyve been stranded in a rundown area just behind belgrades central station. Over the course of several months, this area has developed into an illegal refugee encampment. Today, the serbian government ildren and the sick to an official refugee camp. Saher some people going, but say place is full
Minus 20 centigrade is no exception. Hawa and his cousin saher are among the estimated 1000 refugees stuck in the serbian capital, trying to survive in desperate conditions. Many like them have paid thousands of euros to flee the unrest in their homelands. However, hungary tightened border controls last year and effectively shut down the much used balkan route into mainland europe. Returning home to afghanistan would mean facing torture by the taliban. Attempting to illegally cross into hungary they say could swiftly end in arrest or beatings by border guards. Their only option is to wait. Reporter hawe safe and his cousin saher are desperate to leave. The two afghan refugees are exasperated. Theyve been stranded in a rundown area just behind belgrades central station. Over the course of several months, this area has developed into an illegal refugee encampment. Today, the serbian government ildren and the sick to an official refugee camp. Saher some people going, but say place is full