The migrant crisis: In pictures

The migrant crisis has dragged on for a weeks. Hungary's border with Serbia has become a major crossing point into the European Union, with more than 160,000 entering Hungary so far this year.

 

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A migrant woman carries a child on her shoulder in the village of Miratovac near the southern Serbian town of Presevo.
 

A migrant woman walks on the railtrack at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke.

A migrant girl is waiting to board a bus at the train station in Nickelsdorf, Austria, near the Hungarian-Austrian border.

Since the beginning of 2015 the number of migrants using the so-called 'Balkans route' has exploded with migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey and then travelling on through Macedonia and Serbia before entering the EU in Hungary from where they continue via Austria to Germany.

A migrant woman walks with her children on rail tracks as they cross the border between Greece and Macedonia near the town of Gevgelija.

Europe was increasingly divided over its refugee crisis as record numbers of migrants streamed through the Balkans into Hungary, forcing Austria to suspend cross-border train services.
 

A migrant woman cries as she is embraced by a relative upon their arrival on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on a dinghy.

The EU unveiled plans to take 160,000 refugees from overstretched border states, as the United States said it would accept more Syrians to ease the pressure from the worst migration crisis since World War II.

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A migrant looks out a bus window at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke on September 10, 2015.



 

A migrant family arrives to Hungary with their children and packages at the Hungarian-Serbian border near Roszke.

A migrant mother crosses the border between Hungary and Austria near Nickelsdorf, Austria. Thousands of migrants have continued to cross into Hungary over the last few days from Serbia.





 

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A migrant shouts as he arrives on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on a dinghy.

A migrant checks his mobile phone next to a road sign showing the start of the Calais municipality, northern France, in the so-called "New Jungle" where more than 3,500 people have settled temporarily.

Migrant families rest at the Austrian side of the Hungarian-Austrian border near Nickelsdorf, eastern Austria.

Austrian Railways on Thursday suspended services to Hungary as it struggled to cope with thousands of migrants arriving from over the border after travelling up through the Balkans. Hungary's border with Serbia has become a major crossing point into the European Union.

Migrants attend a French class at a makeshift school set up in the "New Jungle" in Calais, northern France.