Refugee Crisis: Weary Travelers Reach Serbia

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More than 360,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe, via land and sea, this year. In July alone, Europe received 107,000 refugees. More than 80% of new arrivals are refugees from Syria. Another 17% are from Iraq and Afghanistan. Catholic Relief Services is providing care to refugees in Serbia—a way station for many on the journey to other parts of Europe and a hoped-for better life.

Refugees arrive in the Serbian border town of Kanjiza where they will wait at the Vasariste refugee aid point before continuing on to Hungary. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
Refugees hurry to the Mixer House distribution center near the Belgrade bus station. CRS and Caritas are distributing hygiene kits, food and other basic items to the thousands of refugees passing through Belgrade daily. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
A refugee family waits for transportation to the Hungarian border at a park near the Belgrade bus station. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
More than 4,000 people a day passed through Vasariste in Kanjiza—but there were only 20 tents to shelter them. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
A Syrian woman looks for dry clothes for her baby. Heavy rains made the already harrowing journey to Kanjiza much more difficult. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
Refugees wait in one of 20 tents sheltering refugees at Vasariste. Doctors and translators are working with CRS and Caritas to provide basic medical services and information about the border crossing. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
Refugees line up for a distribution of relief items in Belgrade. CRS is working with Church partners in Serbia—as well as Greece, Albania and Macedonia—to provide food, basic living supplies, and medical and legal support. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
CRS and Caritas have organized distributions of bottled water and hygiene kits including soap, shampoo, sanitary supplies, toothbrushes, toothpaste, diapers and baby clothes. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
A Syrian woman looks for clothes for her baby at the Mixer House distribution center in Belgrade. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
Dr. Sandra Mrdja examines a sick Syrian child with help from translator Kemal El Shairy, at the Vasariste refugee aid point in Kanjiza. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
Refugees stay where they can—in public parks, forests, abandoned factories and other properties. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
A woman sleeps on a park bench near the Belgrade bus station, where refugees pitch tents and await transportation to the Hungarian border. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
An Afghani child kisses her baby brother as her family― hoping to board buses for the Hungarian border—waits in a park next to the Belgrade bus station. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS
Refugees passing through Belgrade sleep on the street, seeking warmth under a quilt. Rain and cold temperatures have made this already miserable journey much harder for the thousands feeing their homelands for Europe. Photo by Kira Horvath for CRS

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