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Border closures have left thousands of migrants stranded across Europe. Many are still pushing on.

A migrant carrying a child waits to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, Oct. 19, 2015. Women face assault, harassment and sexual violence at every step of the way along the European migrant trail, including on European soi

As the European migrant trail has gone underground, the threat of sexual violence has increased

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Women face assault, harassment and sexual violence at every step of the way along the migrant trail, including on European soil. And there are signs that it’s gotten even more dangerous for women migrants since European countries closed their borders and pushed the trail underground.

Migrants wait for food distribution inside an abandoned factory close to the Croatian border near the town of Sid, Serbia, Dec. 19, 2017. There are about 8,000 refugees and migrants stranded in Serbia, a result of a tougher European border policies that f

Migrants stuck in Serbia play a desperate ‘game’ to reach the EU

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Two migrants play checkers with bottle caps in an abandoned warehouse where they live on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Trapped by border closings, these young migrants are hiding out in an abandoned warehouse

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