The Final Frontier

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In January 2017 up to 2,000 Afghan refugees (including children as young as eight) described as “Europe’s most unwanted migrants” were sleeping rough in two abandoned warehouses in Belgrade, Serbia, seeking shelter from -17 degree conditions.

The warehouses had no running water or sanitation, and the refugees and migrants live in derelict conditions, burning everything they could get their hands on to keep warm. MSF reported burns inside their lungs from the inhalation of toxic fumes, whilst others reported having frostbite.

Serbia, a country bordering several countries included in the EU, became the ‘final frontier' for refugees and migrants seeking to reach refuge in Western Europe.