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Welcome to refugee purgatory on the Hungary border

Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Jaime Alekos/IRIN

Thousands of migrants and refugees trying to reach northern Europe have become trapped in Serbia since neighbouring countries sealed their borders in early 2016. After months of living in squalid conditions in abandoned buildings, many attempt to cross into Hungary. Few succeed.

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