The Balkans: Europe's Immigration Back Door

• published: 02 Feb 2015
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The Balkan Route: Eastern Europe's immigration waiting room Subscribe to Journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For Downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=68230 Serbia has become a popular location for asylum seekers beginning their journey into Western Europe. This report reveals the dangers facing those who attempt the route from this Eastern European waiting room. The Balkan Route through Serbia and Hungary is increasingly used by migrants to enter Europe in search of a better life. Asylum seekers take a huge risk in crossing the continent, as one Afghan migrant describes. "It's very dangerous... the sort of thing you usually only see in movies." As these migrants make their way across the country "like shadows", they face one problem after another. Teary-eyed, one man recounts the years of waiting for asylum to be granted, and of missing his lost son. In footage of a smuggling operation taking clients to the Hungarian border for 200 Euros per person, we see that there is no shortage of people willing to exploit the desperate position of migrants. And at an estimated cost of 7000 Euros for the whole journey to Italy from Greece, few can afford the entire crossing. Radso Djirovic explains the problems this growing body of asylum seekers could cause within Serbia. Yet as he notes, "Serbia is just one step on the road". Whether it will be a migrant's last step on their quest for a better future is uncertain. Giampaolo Musemeci - Ref 6348 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.