MOLDOVA PHOTO ESSAY UKRAINE REFUGEES TRAVEL TO GERMANY
Ukrainian refugees road to safety in Germany
17.3.2022 19:08:11
by AMEL PAIN
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epa09848522 (17/29) The bus drivers look at their phones as they wait, during a bus trip taking Ukrainian refugees from Moldova to Germany, at the border between Romania and Hungary, in Romania, the evening of 17 March 2022. On 17 March, as the clock strikes 4 pm, the bus slows to a stop to join the back of a long queue of vehicles. A wave of optimism ripples through the bus as we have reached the border with Hungary, the last frontier before the refugees make it to the border-free Schengen Area of the EU. But only after a five-hour wait does a border guard come to collect the passports. Another two hours pass before some 40 passengers are asked to get off the bus with their children and passports to get their fingerprints taken. The other passengers return to their seats, but soon after the bus driver asks some of them to get off again, this time to have their pictures taken. With children half asleep and parents exhausted after days of being on the road, the atmosphere is tense. Eventually, after nine hours of waiting, the bus is allowed to move on to Hungary. EPA-EFE/AMEL PAIN ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa...
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Size: 5442px x 3784px
File size: 4,6MB
Publishing Time: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:19:16 GMT
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ATTENTION: For the full PHOTO ESSAY text please see Advisory Notice epa...