By — P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/like-walk-refugees-migrants Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter What it’s like to walk with the refugees and migrants World Sep 17, 2015 1:24 PM EDT Up from Syria, across Turkey and over the sea to Greece. Then Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary. » Subscribe in iTunes » Subscribe using RSS Like a living organism, the flow of refugees from Syria plods and sweats its way north by northwest. When this massive body faces a barricade, it changes course, finding other, less resistant paths. When part of the border to Hungary was sealed earlier this week, the refugee flow surged west to the Croatian border. For this week’s Shortwave, we talk to NewsHour correspondent William Brangham, who spent a week in Hungary with these refugees and migrants. He met people in train stations, on roadsides, sleeping in fields and crossing the borders. Here’s what he saw. Find more of his coverage on our website. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — P. J. Tobia P. J. Tobia P.J. Tobia is a Foreign Affairs Producer at PBS NewsHour, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He is also the host and producer of the foreign affairs podcast "Shortwave." Prior to this Tobia spent two years in Afghanistan covering Afghan politics, life and the U.S.-led war. @PJTobia
Up from Syria, across Turkey and over the sea to Greece. Then Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary. » Subscribe in iTunes » Subscribe using RSS Like a living organism, the flow of refugees from Syria plods and sweats its way north by northwest. When this massive body faces a barricade, it changes course, finding other, less resistant paths. When part of the border to Hungary was sealed earlier this week, the refugee flow surged west to the Croatian border. For this week’s Shortwave, we talk to NewsHour correspondent William Brangham, who spent a week in Hungary with these refugees and migrants. He met people in train stations, on roadsides, sleeping in fields and crossing the borders. Here’s what he saw. Find more of his coverage on our website. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now