Belgrade, Serbia – When some European borders were closed to refugees in March 2016, many thought the refugee crisis was over. In Serbia, the government and organizations working with refugees say the route is still active.

According to the UNHCR, Around 150 refugees come to Serbia every day, either via Bulgaria or Macedonia. Some of them have been stranded in refugee camps in Greece for a long time, but there are also newcomers, people who have recently come to Europe.

There are currently more than 6,000 refugees living in Serbia, most of whom plan to continue their journey further west to other countries.

According to Save the Children, families with children make up 30 to 40 percent of the refugees stranded in Serbia. They live in accommodation centers across the country.

Young single men prefer to stay on the streets in Belgrade to be closer to the smugglers, he says Tatjana Ristic from Save the Children in Serbia. They spend their days in the refugee centers where they can charge their phones and access the internet. At night they sleep in parks or in abandoned factories and buildings.

“People are more vulnerable now because there is no system to protect them and they will only rely on smugglers,” says Tatjana. “The numbers are smaller, but the situation is worse.”

Kelebija, Serbia – After the Serbian police searched the spontaneous camp on the Serbian-Hungarian border, many of the hundreds of refugees and migrants who previously camped in a sparsely populated area moved to another location.

However, the nearby Kelebija border crossing remains their last hope of joining the European Union via Hungary, an increasingly difficult access point due to the barbed wire fence that spans the border.

Leftovers, old cans, abandoned clothes, plastic cutlery and other rubbish are strewn among the trees and bushes on the border.

According to Danijela Korac-Mandic of the Novi Sad Humanitarian Center, a group that provides food and other aid to refugees and migrants in the region, Serbian police raided the region on Wednesday.

They packed three buses carrying refugees and migrants who had not registered with the Serbian authorities and dismantled their tents before sending them to the Presevo reception center.

Among the 150 asylum seekers remaining in the region are many who fled the police raid and took refuge in nearby forests, barns and an abandoned duty-free shop. Others sleep in tents near the already overcrowded Subotica reception center and a bus stop.

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The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNHCR, estimates that more than 6,400 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Serbia due to border closings across Europe.

The Serbian Government’s Commissioner for Refugees and Migrants issued a statement claiming that every refugee and migrant will find protection, especially when winter weather hits the region and temperatures drop to minus 20 ° C.

Across the border, the chief advisor to the Hungarian Homeland Security Authority, Gyorgy Bakondi, said that more and more refugees are trying to enter Hungary. He also accused NGOs of “providing misinformation” and alleged that humanitarian groups had spread rumors that the borders were open.

The Hungarian government, which dispatched 500 new border police officers, has also announced plans to detain all asylum seekers until their applications have been processed.

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Belgrade, Serbia – Hundreds of refugees, mainly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, are living in miserable conditions in makeshift camps and abandoned warehouses in Serbia.

In a warehouse behind the Belgrade train station, the conditions are deplorable. Refugees seeking protection here brave winter temperatures, which can drop to minus 15 ° C, surrounded by mud, snow and ice and an inexorable cold wind blowing through the tunnels and broken windows.

The air in the camp is saturated with the smoke from the fires that keep them warm.

People sleep on the floor, wrapped in blankets distributed by volunteers, while being surrounded by trash and other debris. The sound of a cough echoes across the room.

They do not have access to showers, toilets or other facilities. They wash and bathe with water that has been warmed up in old barrels that were placed outside by fire pits.

A group of volunteers work every day to provide a hot meal for those stranded here.

The refugees say they don’t want to stay in Serbia, they want to reach Germany, France, Italy or the UK, but they stay in the warehouse because they fear they will be deported if they go to the official government camps.

But they can’t go on. Serbia’s borders with Croatia and Hungary remain closed.