They ran in the dark towards the Austria-Hungary border. Some had flashlights. Some scampered through the shadows. Some were registered under UN regulations, others were not. They did not know where they were going and they did not know what would happen to them. They ran, hungry, thirsty and blind.

This was the scene when a train of refugees stopped in Hungary and the refugees were ‘escorted’ to the border by the Hungarian police. It’s enough to make humanity scream.

The refugee experience in disparate regions of Europe is quite varied. Besides bodies washing up on beaches and being forced to run in the dark, there is a section of Syrian refugees which has made use of social media to make the migratory journey somewhat more organised. CNN’s Ivan Watson noted that Syrian youth is making use of the internet, Facebook in particular, to issue distress calls while they’re at sea. They have the phone numbers of the Greek and Turkish police and once they arrive at their desired destination, they know exactly where to go and what to do.

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