October 02, 2015 Issue

Roszke, Hungary—Hungarian riot police fire tear gas and use water cannons against people trying to cross the border from Serbia as clashes break out and people throw rocks at the police, September 16. Hungarian authorities had closed the border two days earlier to stem the flood of refugees and migrants. For months thousands of people, mostly from Syria, but also from Afghanistan, Iraq and parts of north Africa, have been fleeing to Europe to escape violence at home.