The Balkan Route
Home of the Brave
Scott Carrier
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2016
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The final report on the refugee trail, describing how they travel from Athens to Germany.
Music: Crossroad Metamorphosis and Super FM Dub by Hayvanlar Alemi.
DonatePhotos by Camilla Q. Madsen
Walking from the Greek border to Gevgelija, Macedonia.
Gevgelija, Macedonia.
A Syrian with two babies, near Gevgelija.
Check point at the transit camp on the Serbia/Croatia. Slavonski Brod, Croatia. We were allowed to photograph the refugees but not talk to them.
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Slavonski Brod transit camp, Croatia.
Transit camp at Sentilj, Slovenia.
Waiting to cross into Austria from the transit camp in Sentilj, Slovenia.
A team of medics from Norway at the Sentilj transit camp.
Inside the tent at the transit camp in Passau, Germany.
Passau, Germany
Afghan volunteers at the transit camp in Passau, Germany.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Home of the Brave, I'm Scott Carrier. You may have seen some photos of large groups of refugees, like 200 men, women, and children walking across the countryside of |
| 0:16.0 | Europe through farm fields, something reminiscent of the Second World War. Actually, they only have to walk across the borders. |
| 0:26.0 | One to two kilometers, then they get on buses and trains to take them to the next border, |
| 0:31.0 | where they get off and walk across to more buses and trains, |
| 0:35.4 | country to country, from Greece to Germany. |
| 0:39.4 | This man has just crossed the border from Greece into Macedonia |
| 0:43.2 | and we're walking on a dirt road between farm fields. |
| 0:46.4 | The sky overcast in gray, the soil turned over for winter. |
| 0:50.7 | Excuse me, do you know where the bus? Hey, you know where the bus? |
| 0:54.0 | Yes, can you show us the way? |
| 0:57.0 | Yes, everybody's going to the bus now. |
| 1:00.0 | It's okay. |
| 1:01.0 | You'll be okay. |
| 1:02.0 | Where are you from? I'm from Syria. And you're with with my wife? |
| 1:06.1 | And children? No, I don't have children. And what did you do in Syria? |
| 1:10.6 | I was stay. I was teacher, English teacher. |
| 1:14.0 | Really? Why did you leave home? |
| 1:16.0 | Because everything is destroyed. |
| 1:18.0 | And what's your name? |
| 1:20.0 | Huh? |
| 1:21.0 | What is your name? |
| 1:22.0 | My name is Cheryl. You say everything was destroyed. Could you describe that a little bit? |
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