Frozen Hopes

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  Konstantinos Tsakalidis, Greece
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Belgrade, Serbia on January 17-20, 2017. According to UNHCR, 7,300 refugees, asylum
seekers and migrants are stranded in Serbia. More than 6,200 of them have found shelter in
government facilities in the Serbian territory, while the rest live in harsh conditions in
the streets of Belgrade. Despite the European Union and Turkey deal on the reduction of
refugee flows to the Greek islands, as well as the official closure of several borders in
the Balkans, the Balkan route to Central and Northern Europe remains active. Thousands of
those are trapped in Bulgaria, FYROM and Serbia, affected by the tightening of EU security
policies and have been forced to rest their hopes in the smuggling networks.