A stunning photo of refugees traveling through Croatia on foot after Hungary closed its borders

With Hungary effectively closing its borderwith Serbiabyconstructingof a razor wire-topped fence, refugeeshave started developing alternative routes to northern Europe.One of the routes that's expected to be the most popular runsthrough Croatia. For weeks migrants and refugees, many of whom are fleeing civil war in Syria, have used Budapest, Hungary as a way station to get to ideal destinations like Germany and Sweden. But with Hungary's right wing, anti-immigration government shutting down its southern border, those refugees now have to go through Croatia.On Wednesday, Croatian prime minister Zoran Milanovic said he's worked "intensively" to make sure refugees can freely pass through the country, BuzzFeed News reports.Photographer Matthias Schraderof the Associated Press got an evocative photo of refugees crossing a field on foot outside Tovarnik, which is still nearly 200 miles away from the capital ofZagreb.Here'show people are going from the Middle East and Africato northern Europe:Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: More trouble for Subway's Jared Fogle...
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