Saturday, September 12, 2015
The flight: refugees head for the west - in pictures
Photographer Antonio Olmos has spent the last week documenting the refugee crisis for the Guardian and Observer. He has been in Hungary, Austria, Serbia, Macedonia and Greece recording the effect that the flight from persecution and conflict has had on the mostly Syrian people and the obstacles they have to overcome to reach a better life. Here is a selection of his work
A boy is pulled through the window of a domestic Hungarian train. The refugees were later forced to get off the train by Hungarian police after all international trains were cancelled
- A boy is pulled through the window of a domestic Hungarian train. The refugees were later forced to get off the train by Hungarian police after all international trains were cancelled
Refugees at Budapest railway station. Thousands of mostly Syrian refugees are standed at Budapest Railway Station because the Hungarian government has cancelled all international railway services
Two men shaving at the Budapest railway station. Thousands of migrants have been camped out at the station waiting for trains to Germany
Refugees at Budapest railway station demonstrate against the cancellation of trains that go to Austria and Germany
Several hundred refugees left Budapest railway station after deciding not to wait for trains to Germany. The refugees decided to walk to Austria, first through central Budapest and then crossing the Danube river heading west to Austria- Golezar Sidour, 33, is photographed at Keleti station in Budapest. ‘I would rather walk, and die on the road, than live here,’ Sidour says, on only her second day at the increasingly filthy and crowded plaza that has become a makeshift refugee camp. ‘They give us food and drink but we are frightened that people will come and attack us’. Read other stories from Keleti station here
A young boy pushes a disabled relative while around them children play
Refugees hold hands to form a protective barrier after some football hooligans and fascists showed up at Budapest and jeered at the refugees
The buses head to Austria. See Antonio’s pictures of the abandoned toys and teddies at Keleti stationhere
Refugees board buses that will finally take them to Austria after days of being stranded. The Hungarian government chartered dozens of buses to take the refugees away in the middle of the night. It took under three hours to empty the station of almost all its refugeesPhotograph: Antonio Olmos
Hassan Hassanein, 14, makes his way on crutches as he crosses into Hungary from Serbia on an abandoned railway line
A policeman stops refugees at Roszke Crossing on the Serbian-Hungarian Border
Refugees, mostly Syrian, are prevented from moving further towards the centre of Hungary and are kept surrounded by Hungarian policePhotograph: Antonio Olmos
Refugees scrambling to get on a bus while being held back by Hungarian police. They waited in the hot sun for hours while waiting to board
A father plays with his daughter while waiting to board a bus
Refugees making their way to Macedonia/Greece border crossing from Eidomeni, Greece
People charge their phones on a power outlet connected to a generator at Eidomeni, a Greek Border crossingPhotograph: Antonio Olmos
Refugees entering the UNHCR registration centre in Gevgeliya, Macedonia. The refugees received travel documents allowing them to travel legally through Macedonia
Refugees at the UNHCR Registration centre in Gegeliya wait to board a train that will take them to the Serbia border with Macedonia. The boarding was chaotic as it poured with rain
Refugees squeeze on to a train that will take them to the Serbia border with Macedonia. All photographs by Antonio Olmos for the Observer
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