

Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Loefven briefs the Press at the Heads of EU-States Meeting of the European Council. The council discussed issues of "migratory flows" amongst others at their end of the year meeting.


A Syrian mother and her three children who did not have sleep since 7am the day before wait with refugees arrived in Hungary from Serbia on the 14-09-2015 for a train to - then assumingly - take them to the Austrian border. Hungarian authorities have put fences on the common border with Serbia in to reestablish control on the migration movement since a tightening law passed by the right-wing Hungarian government takes effect this midnight.


A refugee rejected by Hungarian authorities leaves the so-called "transit zone" back into Serbia.
Hungarian authorities have installed fences on the common border with Serbia in to reestablish control on the migration movement. A tightening law passed by the right-wing Hungarian government took effect on midnight of 14-09-2015.


Panic evolves as refugees stranded in Croatia who have been waiting in Tovarnik train station rush to board a train to - assumingly - take them to a Hungarian border crossing in order to be transferred through to Austria. Approximately 300 people did not fit into this train.


Refugees who just have entered the provisional border camp of Spielfeld, queue up to be processed by the Austrian police and transferred farther.


Busses carrying refugees arrived in Hungary from Serbia on the 14-09-2015 wait for a train to - assumingly - take them to the Austrian border. Many people had to stay in the busses for over 4 hours. Hungarian authorities have put fences on the common border with Serbia in to reestablish control on the migration movement since a tightening law passed by the right-wing Hungarian government takes effect this midnight.


Two Afghan families keep themselves off the cold in an abandoned building at the border between Austria and Slovenia whilst waiting for their turn at the bottleneck crossing to Austria.


Refugees have stranded and to wait in the so-called No-Mans-Land between Slovenia and Austria in order to pass through the bottleneck to Austria.


Refugees are being assigned colour- and number-coded wristlets by Austrian Police in order to efficiently organize their transportation.


German Ministry of Interior, Thomas De Maiziere leaves an ad-hoc press conference where he announced that Germany will cease the Schengen Agreements and introduce border controls at its southern borders in order to retain control on the migration movement.