Desperate Journey: Europe’s Refugee Crisis

Members of the Greek coast guard, on a rescue mission, throw a life ring to a person in distress in the sea near the Greek island of Lesbos, after he jumped from a sinking rubber dingy. October 4, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

Mostly Syrian asylum seekers and migrants are rescued off a drifting rubber dinghy found by a Greek coast guard vessel on a rescue mission near the island of Lesbos in Greece. October 4, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

18-year-old Mohammed, who said he lost both legs to a Syrian airstrike in Idlib in 2012, is carried by friends on the island of Lesbos in Greece. Both his friends and relatives accompanied him on his journey to safety, carrying him whenever needed. October 8, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a large fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. October 11, 2015.

A family of Afghan asylum seekers waits to enter the Moria registration center on the Greek island of Lesbos. Many families with children say they are too afraid to wait in line for registration. October 4, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

Hungarian police stand in front of the entrance to the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary barring entry to the many refugees and asylum seekers who wait to board trains to Germany. September 1, 2015. © 2015 Daniel Etter for Human Rights Watch

Safi, 30, (right) a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, walks on highway M1 near Budapest, Hungary in an attempt to reach Vienna, Austria by foot after Hungarian authorities refused to allow refugees and asylum seekers to board trains that would take them to Germany. September 4, 2015. © Daniel Etter for Human Rights Watch.

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Newly arrived families with children walk along the railway tracks from Serbia into Hungary, towards the Roszke collection point in Hungary where they will be taken in buses to temporary detention camps. September 8, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

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A woman carries her child in the rain along the railroad tracks after crossing the Hungary border from Serbia, heading towards the Roszke collection point where they will board a bus to a temporary detention camp. September 10, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

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A small boy protests at the Tovarnik train station, calling on the Croatian police to allow the overcrowded train to proceed to Zagreb. The train had been held in the station for 6 hours, as the Croatian authorities tried to cope with the sudden influx of thousands from the Serbian border. September 18, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

An estimated 10,000 newly arrived asylum seekers and migrants arrived overnight in the small Croatian border village of Tovarnik, following the closure of the Hungarian border with a razor wire fence. September 18, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants sleep on the concrete in the small Croatian border town of Tovarnik after arriving from Serbia, waiting for trains or buses to take them onwards. September 18, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

A family sleeps in a field near Tovarnik, Croatia, after crossing the border from Serbia. The small village of Tovarnik was overwhelmed by the overnight arrival of an estimated 10,000 asylum seekers and migrants, following the closure of the Hungary border with a razor-wire fence. September 18, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

Asylum seekers and migrants try to board an overcrowded train leaving the small Croatian border village of Tovarnik, hoping to go towards the country’s capital, Zagreb. September 18, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch

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