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Balkan Route One Year On: ‘Miraculous Escape’ of Refugees (PHOTOS)

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Balkan Route One Year On: ‘Miraculous Escape’ of Refugees (PHOTOS)

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© AFP 2023 / Yannis KOLESIDIS / POOL Refugees stand near a bus as they wait to be transferred to a hospitality centre during a police operation at a refugee camp at the border between Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), near the village of Idomeni, northern Greece,on May 25, 2016

Refugees stand near a bus as they wait to be transferred to a hospitality centre during a police operation at a refugee camp at the border between Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), near the village of Idomeni, northern Greece,on May 25, 2016 - Sputnik International

Last year, Europe was flooded by an enormous wave of refugees, an event unprecedented since World War II. The countries of the "Balkan route:" Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia, became one of the main passages for the refugees, before being closed later on. This is how the intra-European borders look like now, a year on.

The village of Berkasovo, Croatia (October 2015)

Balkan Route One Year On: ‘Miraculous Escape’ of Refugees (PHOTOS) - Sputnik International

Migrants sit along a road as they wait to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia October 21, 2015

The village of Berkasovo, Croatia (May 2016)

An empty street is seen in Berkasovo, near Serbia and Croatia border, Serbia, May 27, 2016

The border between Slovenia and Croatia in the city of Trnovec (October 2015)

A Slovenian riot policeman holds a child as migrants walk into Slovenia from Trnovec, Croatia October 19, 2015

The border between Slovenia and Croatia in the city of Trnovec (May 2016)

A border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia is seen in Trnovec, Croatia, May 26, 2016

Railroad tracks at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia (September 2015)

A volunteer cleans up a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia September 21, 2015

Railroad tracks at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia (May 2016)

An empty train station is seen in Tovarnik, Croatia, May 27, 2016

The field near the railway station in Tovarnik, Croatia (September 2015)

Policemen direct migrants during a stampede to board a bus in Tovarnik, Croatia September 17, 2015

The field near the railway station in Tovarnik, Croatia (May 2016)

An empty street is seen next to a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia, May 27, 2016

The cemetery not far from the border between Serbia and Croatia (September 2015)

Migrants stand in a cemetery as they wait to board buses, after crossing the border from Serbia, near Tovarnik, Croatia September 24, 2015

The cemetery not far from the border between Serbia and Croatia (May 2016)

A graveyard is seen between Serbia and Croatia border crossing, near Tovarnik, Croatia, May 27, 2016

The town of Brežice, Slovenia (October 2015)

Migrants walk from Dobova towards a transit camp in Brezice, Slovenia October 21, 2015

The town of Brežice, Slovenia (May 2016)

A person cycles along a street in Brezice, Slovenia, May 23, 2016

Trnovec on the border of Croatia and Slovenia (October 2015)

A migrant waits to cross the border with Slovenia near Trnovec, Croatia October 19, 2015

Trnovec on the border of Croatia and Slovenia (May 2016)

A border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia is seen in Trnovec, Croatia, May 26, 2016