The European Union is under increasing pressure to confront the migrant crisis - with many refugees now travelling via Greece instead of embarking on the perilous journey across the Mediterranean which has claimed thousands of lives. Every country along the route they take - referred to as "the Balkan corridor" - is also feeling the strain as they try to provide the humanitarian aid and documentation migrants need to continue their desperate journeys. Turkish authorities claim they have already accepted more migrants than any other country, with a running total of more than 1.9 million people, most of them from Syria.
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