Migrants Surge Across Balkans to Beat Hungary’s Razor Fence

Adnan and his fellow Syrian migrants weren’t about to let a razor fence — under frantic construction by Hungary — get in their way

Migrants walk alongside vehicles on the route leading to the Eurotunnel in Coquelles on July 29, 2015. Migrants walk alongside vehicles on the route leading to the Eurotunnel in Coquelles on July 29, 2015. Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

KANJIZA, Serbia—It was a journey across deserts, seas and continents, and now, a few dozen meters (yards) away, the goal was in sight: the European Union.

Adnan and his fellow Syrian migrants weren’t about to let a razor fence — under frantic construction by Hungary — get in their way.

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