A Hard Serbian Winter


  • Photographer
    Kristof Vadino
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    January 2017

In January up to 2000 refugees survived in bitter cold in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With temperatures dropping minus 20°C they stayed behind the main train station in open warehouses and shacks. Minors, some as young as ten, slept in small rooms and abandonned train wagons. The polluted air from the fires made many sick. Some had frostbites and lung diseases. Belgrade became a permanent residence for refugees as Hungary and Croatia's borders aresealed with fences and border patrols. Hungary only investigates 10 asylum claims a day, prioritizing Syrians and families. Male refugees from wartorn countries wait an indefinite time. Many who try to cross the borders at night are beaten up and bitten by police dogs, and pushed back into Serbia. Most came from regions where the Taliban or IS are in power or operating.

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