Table 1 Chronology of Balkan border closures to reduce migrant and refugee flows to Germany and other European countries, 2013–2016
Date | Country | Closure |
|---|---|---|
December 2013 | Bulgaria | Builds fence with Turkey making migrants/refugees take the sea route from Turkey to Greece |
14th Sept 2015 | Austria | Border controls with Hungary |
15th September 2015 | Hungary | Builds a 175 km fence with Serbia and starts arrestations |
16th October 2015 | Hungary | Closes border with Croatia forcing people through Slovenia |
28th October 2015 | Austria | Border fence with Slovenia |
11th November | Slovenia | Builds a fence on its border with Croatia |
18th November 2015 | Slovenia, followed by Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia | Decides to only allow Syrians, Afghans and Iraq national to enter their borders. |
February 2016 | Macedonia | 37 km fence built on the Greek-Macedonian border |
February 2016 | Countries along the Western Balkan route | Decides to only allow entry on humanitarian grounds to Syrians and Iraqis. |