Europe's migrant crisis: Different routes to a new life

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A Syrian migrant looking at a map of Europe as he plans the next part of his trip to Central Europe in the Kara Tepe migrant camp on Lesbos on Aug 13, 2015.

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The European Union has recently approved 2.4 billion euros (S$3.75 billion) to help member states cope with the surge in numbers of migrants trying to reach Britain, Germany and Scandinavian countries.
More than 220,000 migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Africa and Middle East have arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean sea route since the start of the year. Others are using the land route via the Serbia-Hungarian border to enter the European Union.

A migrant being rescued at sea by Italian Navy, in the Strait of Sicily, Italy, on Aug 12, 2015.

PHOTO: EPA

An officer onboard a Greek Coast Guard boat (left) talking to Syrian refugees after its motor broke down off the Greek island of Kos, on Aug 11, 2015.

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Migrants waiting during a registration procedure at the stadium on the Greek island of Kos, on Aug 11, 2015.

PHOTO: AFP

A migrant is hoisted on top of an industrial cooler as more than a dozen migrants gather near trucks on the road that leads to the Channel tunnel in Calais, France.

PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial photograph taken on June 4, 2015 shows "the jungle", a makeshift tent village set up by illegal migrants in Calais, northern France.

PHOTO: AFP

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