Sky's Harriet Hadfield crossed from Serbia to Hungary alongside migrants. Here are some of their stories.
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| Through A Lens: Migration Crisis |
The violence and desperation at the Serbia-Hungary border is another reminder of the risk so many people are taking in their quest to reach Western Europe.
I've been on the road, following the migration route through Hungary, Austria and into Germany.
I wanted to find out more about the people travelling through Europe. Who are they? What is their profession? How did they get here? Where are they going?
And to ask: What drives a person to leave their home and everything they know behind and set off on a very long journey in search of a new life?
Here are some of the stories I found along the way.
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| Raafat: Returning Home, But Not Now |
RAAFAT: 37
HOME: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
DESTINATION: NORWAY
At the border crossing from Serbia into Hungary I meet Raafat from Damascus in Syria. He wants to build a new future with his son in Norway. His journey has taken him via Lebanon and Turkey, where he says he swam at night for seven hours to reach Greece and Europe.
FADI: 38
HOME: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
DESTINATION: GERMANY
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| Fadi: 'Anywhere I Can Find A Home' |
I find Fadi taking shelter from the rain in a tent near Roszke. He's a professional artist from Damascus in Syria. He's travelling with his Nephew and wants to go to Germany. He left Syria 9 months ago, and took a boat from Turkey to Greece before travelling up through Macedonia and Serbia.