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| - On September 2, 2015, the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi was discovered washed ashore on a Turkish beach. The Syrian toddler's drowning became a grim and shocking symbol of Europe's migrant crisis, as people from the Middle East, Africa and Asia attempted perilous journeys to flee conflict and poverty, and European governments scrambled over how to respond to the massive influx. Five years on, AFP journalists in Greece, Turkey and other countries and regions at the crux of the crisis, explore issues such as how well migrants are integrating, what routes they take in 2020 and how European policy has changed. We are offering the following items in a two-part package: + Europe still mired in division after five years of migrant crisis + Five years on, Balkans still a road of hope for migrants + In Turkey, lake turns into graveyard for migrants + Spirit of 2015 a distant memory for Lesbos migrants, locals + How a German and a Syrian experienced the 2015 refugee crisis + Doors slamming shut in Hungary for asylum seekers Europe-migrants-politics,FOCUS PARIS Since taking in more than a million people fleeing war and poverty in 2015, Europe has stepped up border controls but still falls short on common migration and asylum policies. 700 words Europe-migrants-Balkans,FOCUS SARAJEVO With a smart black sweater and a clean-shaven face, Younes Qermoua recalls his first attempt to reach Europe five years ago, at the peak of the continent's refugee crisis. Half a decade later, the 35-year-old Moroccan is again putting his faith in the Balkan route, where traffic is picking up this summer even amid the coronavirus pandemic. 850 words by Rusmir Smajilhodzic with Darko Duridanski in Veles and Sally Mairs in Belgrade. Pictures by Elvis Brukcic, Robert Atanasovski and Andrej Isakovic. Video by Rusmir Smajilhodzic, Trajce Antonovski and Sally Mairs Europe-migrants-Turkey,FOCUS VAN, Turkey Gravestones scribbled with identity numbers are all that remain of dozens of migrants aboard a boat that sank in a Turkish lake as they struggled to make it to Europe. 700 words by Gokan Gunes. Pictures by Bulent Kilic. Video by Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Europe-migrants-Greece,FOCUS LESBOS, Greece Five years ago the olive grove of Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos was a sanctuary for asylum seekers. Today it is a jungle, overcrowded, threatening and all too often in flames. 850 words by Natasa Papanikolaou and Anthi Pazianou. Pictures by Angelos Tzortzinis. Video by Savvas Karmaniolas Europe-migrants-Germany-politics,FEATURE BERLIN German Gracia Schuette and Syrian Aeham Ahmad both had their lives changed forever by Angela Merkel's decision in 2015 to open Germany's doors to hundreds of thousands of refugees. 650 words by Yannick Pasquet and Pauline Curtet in Munich. Picture. Video Hungary-migration-EU-politics,FOCUS VAMOSSZABADI, Hungary Karzan Mohamed Sharif Amin, an Iraqi Kurd and father of four, is one of few asylum-seekers still inside Hungary as its doors in effect slam shut for people fleeing war and persecution. 750 words XXX GMT by Peter Murphy. Picture. Video + Syrians still finding their way in Sweden + The enduring images of the migrant crisis + A look back at five tense years Europe-migrants-Sweden-Syria,FOCUS STOCKHOLM They arrived in unprecedented numbers, pushing a strained Sweden to shut its borders as anti-immigration sentiment flared. Five years later, Syrians are still trying to integrate, some more successfully than others. 900 words by Nioucha Zakavati and Agathe Harel. Picture Europe-migrants,PHOTOESSAY PARIS A dramatic shipwreck in the Mediterranean, a child's lifeless body on a beach, the shilly-shallying of politicians, borders opening and shutting -- these are some of the enduring images of Europe's 2015 migrant crisis. 650 words Europe-migrants,FACTS PARIS The arrival five years ago of more than a million migrants in Europe caused widespread chaos and, despite a significant decline in arrivals, tensions and divisions have continued between EU countries over migration. 700 words afp
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