SLOVAKIA
GERMANY
AUSTRIA
Border
controls
Partial fence
planned
HUNGARY
Border
controls
ROMANIA
Fences
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Border
controls
BOSNIA AND
HERZ.
Black
Sea
SERBIA
BULGARIA
Fences
MONT.
KOS.
Adriatic
Sea
MACED.
Police
crackdown
TURKEY
ALBANIA
ITALY
GREECE
100 Miles
Border
controls
Border
controls
GER.
Plan for
fence
HUNGARY
AUSTRIA
Fences
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Border
controls
SERBIA
Fences
BULGARIA
MAC.
Police
crackdown
TURKEY
GREECE
SERBIA
Fence built
in 2012
BULGARIA
Evros
River
GREECE
MACEDONIA
TURKEY
Thessaloniki
Aegean
Sea
LESBOS
ISLAND
Fence built
in 2012
Evros
River
GREECE
TURKEY
Turkey → Greece
Greek Fence Forces Migrants to Sea
SERBIA
Fence built
in 2012
BULGARIA
Evros
River
GREECE
MACEDONIA
TURKEY
Thessaloniki
Aegean
Sea
LESBOS
ISLAND
Fence built
in 2012
Evros
River
GREECE
TURKEY
Greece built a razor-wire fence in 2012 to block a short stretch of its border with Turkey that was a popular land crossing for migrants. It also increased security along the Evros River, which forms the remainder of the border. This is the first of several barriers that merely diverted the flow of migrants from Turkey, pushing them to Bulgaria or onto boats headed for Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Above, an overcrowded dinghy with Syrian migrants arrives on Lesbos Island, Greece.
Black
Sea
Fence built along
section of border
Istanbul
BULGARIA
TURKEY
GREECE
Aegean
Sea
Black
Sea
Fence built along
section of border
Istanbul
BULGARIA
TURKEY
GREECE
Aegean
Sea
Turkey → Bulgaria
Bulgaria Builds Its Own Fence
Black
Sea
Fence built along
section of border
Istanbul
BULGARIA
TURKEY
GREECE
Aegean
Sea
Black
Sea
Fence built along
section of border
Istanbul
BULGARIA
TURKEY
GREECE
Aegean
Sea
Bulgaria responded to the influx of migrants diverted from Greece by starting construction of its own fence on the border with Turkey, above, in 2014. Bulgaria’s fence and border control efforts reduced illegal crossings by more than half last year. Most migrants are now forced to take sea routes.
SERBIA
MONTENEGRO
KOSOVO
BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
Clashes near
Gevgelija
Adriatic
Sea
Aegean
Sea
ALBANIA
GREECE
BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
Clashes near
Gevgelija
GREECE
Greece → Macedonia
A Police Crackdown Fails in Macedonia
SERBIA
MONTENEGRO
KOSOVO
BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
Clashes near
Gevgelija
Adriatic
Sea
Aegean
Sea
ALBANIA
GREECE
BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
Clashes near
Gevgelija
GREECE
Thousands of migrants per day on their way north have moved through the tiny nation of Macedonia in recent months, crossing the border next to railway lines near the town of Gevgelija. The government tried to prevent migrants from crossing the border in August, creating crowds at the border, above, that clashed with the police. But the next day, the migrants were allowed in. Macedonia has since focused on quickly moving migrants north to Serbia.
Budapest
AUSTRIA
Plan for fence
along part of
border
HUNGARY
Roszke
ROMANIA
Fences constructed
this year
SERBIA
CROATIA
Budapest
Plan for fence
along part of
border
HUNGARY
Roszke
ROMANIA
Fences constructed
this year
SERBIA
CROATIA
Serbia → Hungary
Hungary Tries to Seal Its Borders
Budapest
AUSTRIA
Plan for fence
along part of
border
HUNGARY
Roszke
ROMANIA
Fences constructed
this year
SERBIA
CROATIA
Budapest
Plan for fence
along part of
border
HUNGARY
Roszke
ROMANIA
Fences constructed
this year
SERBIA
CROATIA
Hungary said on Friday that it would close its 216-mile border with Croatia at midnight. The announcement came after Hungary completed construction of a razor-wire fence along its border with Croatia, extending the 109-mile fence that was hastily built along its border with Serbia earlier this year. Above, migrants crawled under the fence near Roszke in August.
The new measure could shift the flow of people yet again, diverting them farther west into Slovenia en route to Austria and Germany.
Vienna
SLOVAKIA
Budapest
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Vienna
SLOVAKIA
Budapest
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Hungary → Austria
Austria Restricts Open Borders
Vienna
SLOVAKIA
Budapest
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Vienna
SLOVAKIA
Budapest
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
Austria announced plans to put border controls into effect along its border with Hungary in September, and officials said the controls could stay in effect under European Union rules for up to six months, The Associated Press reported. The controls require travelers to carry passports or other official identification. Officials said on September 14 that they would deploy 2,200 soldiers to patrol the eastern border. Above, hundreds of mostly Syrian and Afghan migrants on the outskirts of Budapest marched toward the Austrian border last month.
CZECH
REPUBLIC
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
Vienna
Munich
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
CZECH
REPUBLIC
GERMANY
Munich
AUSTRIA
Austria → Germany
Germany Takes Emergency Measures
CZECH
REPUBLIC
GERMANY
SLOVAKIA
Vienna
Munich
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
CZECH
REPUBLIC
GERMANY
Munich
AUSTRIA
Germany ordered temporary border restrictions in September that cut off rail travel from Austria and instituted spot checks on cars, two weeks after Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted that Europe retain open borders. The restrictions left thousands of migrants stuck in Austria, although train service between the two countries was restored early the next day. Above, a group of migrants arrived last month in Passau, a small German city on the border that is the main entry point for migrants.