Migrants stranded on new route to Europe

Tensions are rising among thousands of migrants blocked by border controls as they head for Western Europe through the Balkans
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GERMANY CZECH REP. SLOVAKIA SWITZ. SLOVENIA CROATIA ITALY AUSTRIA HUNGARY Planned fence SERBIA ROMANIA BULGARIA TURKEY Istanbul
GREECE Athens MACEDONIA ALBANIA MONTE-NEGRO KOSOVO BOSNIA Opatovac Mediterranean Sea Black Sea
300km 200 miles
Main migration routes
Border fence completed
Partial fence
Border controls
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Greece: Short razor wire fence built in 2012 and increased security along border forces most migrants to take sea route from Turkey
Bulgaria: Construction of partial fence and border control efforts more than halved number of migrants entering from Turkey in 2014
Hungary: Razor wire fences hastily constructed along frontier with Serbia and Croatia. Border closures forcing migrants to switch to slower route via Slovenia 
Serbia: Buses with thousands of migrants waiting at Croatian border
Croatia: Struggling to cope with huge migrant influx – almost 200,000 have entered country since mid-September, according to police. More than 5,000 people stuck inmigrant camp in Opatovac
Slovenia: Limiting flow of migrants to 2,500 per day
Austria: Only accepting maximum of 1,500 people per day
Germany: Temporary border 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
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Source: Wire agencies

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