Syria migrants: 'We just want some peace'

Record numbers of migrants and refugees fleeing violence and poverty in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are trying to reach Europe.

Serbia has registered 90,000 people in its asylum system so far this year, but most quickly leave for richer European Union countries like Germany or the Netherlands.

Nick Thorpe met Hashim - not his real name - in northern Serbia, just before he and his friends attempted to cross the border into Hungary.

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