Gepubliceerd op 2 aug. 2015
Documentary film Crossing Borders focuses on situation on greece-macedonian and macedonian-serbian borders, refugees, organisation distributing aid (NGO Legis, Nun), activism and stereotypes.
According to Amnesty International, more than 21.000 refugees arrived in Europe through the Balkans in 2014. While most of them came from Syria, some came from Afghanistan, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia. The sea route from Turkey to Greece, and then from Macedonia to Serbia and Hungary, is thought less dangerous than the one from Lybia through the Mediterranean, so it is crossed more frequently.
However, Fortress Europe keeps raising walls. The number of persons detained on the border between Serbia and Hungary alone has risen up to 2.500 % since 2010 (from 2.370 to 60.602).
According to Amnesty International, more than 21.000 refugees arrived in Europe through the Balkans in 2014. While most of them came from Syria, some came from Afghanistan, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and Tunisia. The sea route from Turkey to Greece, and then from Macedonia to Serbia and Hungary, is thought less dangerous than the one from Lybia through the Mediterranean, so it is crossed more frequently.
However, Fortress Europe keeps raising walls. The number of persons detained on the border between Serbia and Hungary alone has risen up to 2.500 % since 2010 (from 2.370 to 60.602).