
Few hundred meters from the Hungarian border, in Austria. Sep. 2015


A Somalian man arguing with Moroccan youngsters in Idomeni, near to the Greek - Macedonian border. The Somelies complained that Somalian women are afraid to stay in the crowded lines for food because many of the Moroccan man are harassing them.

Idomeni, Greece, Dec. 2015

A Greek policemen tries to remove an Iranian woman from near the border.

Mainly Pakistani, Moroccan and Iranian man and woman demonstrating for opening the Greek - Macedonian border, after thousands are stranded for weeks in December 2015 in the bordertown called Idomeni. Only Afghans, Syrians and Iraqis were allowed to cross the border by authorities at that time.

Refugees stranded in Idomeni attempt to get through the Greek police line to get closer to the Macedonian border.

A train conductor helping a refugee girl exit a train in Beli Monastir, Croatia.

Refugees hiding in a corn field near Röszke. After crossing the border into Hungary they are attempting to get to Austria without getting registered.

Refugees washing in Tovarnik, Croatia in September 2015.

Afghan man on a field near Röszke. Sep. 2015.

Minutes after refugees cross the Serbian - Hungarian border in Röszke, Hungary.

Refugees sleeping under foil tents near Röszke not far from the Hungarian - Serbian border.

As the autumn approaches, nights in Röszke get colder. September 2015

Bosnian aid workers praying on a field near Röszke (Hungary), next to the Hungarian - Serbian border (12.9.2015)

Bus transporting refugees waiting at near the Hungarian - Serbian border in Röszke.

Refugees running away Hungarian authorities in Röszke, who are in charge of registering them. Many of the refugees were striving for registration in Germany first, because in the European Union the asylum procedure is run in the country refugees are first registered in.

Refugee children watching cartoons at Budapest Keleti Train Station. From the end of August to the beginning September 2015 thousands of refugees were stranded at the station waiting to continue their travel towards Western Europe.

Refugees scramble to get on a train at Keleti Train Station in Budapest which is supposed to leave for Western Europe. At the end, the train didn't leave the station.


4th of September 2015, after being stranded in Budapest for weeks, thousands of hopeless refugees started to walk towards the Austrian border.


Refugee sleeping along highway M1 in Hungary after walking with thousands of other refugees for more than 30 kilometers from Budapest towards Austria.

Pakistani man in the gym hall of the refugee camp in Bicske, Hungary in March 2016.

Omar from Gambia learns how to write in a refugee centre in Como, Italy. Although he already speaks Italian fluently, it’s very hard for him to follow the official classes in the centre due to his inability to write (May, 2017).

Sandy carrying a mirror into his new home. His family fled Iraq and got protection in Hungary. They spent six month in the the refugee camp in Bicske before the Hungarian Jesuits temporarily accomodated them in Budapest. Later the family moved into their own apartment but left for Germany after a few month where many of their family members resided.