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Migrants in the EU - the crisis in figures

Hundreds of thousands of migrants, many from Syria, Africa and Afghanistan, have been making their way from Turkey to the Balkans in recent months, in a bid to reach Germany, Sweden and other EU states. With new border restrictions threatening to create human bottlenecks, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Affairs correspondent Richard Galpin looks at the latest crisis figures.

(PHOTO: Migrants wait at the Slovenian-Croatian border crossing of Sredisce ob Dravi, Slovenia. Credit: EPA/Igor Kupljenik)

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