§week6 歐洲難民潮 :Shoot us or help us': stories from refugee crisis you need to read

Hundreds of migrants stuck in no man's land at the Greek-Macedonian border stand next to these heartbreaking words scrawled on a piece of cardboard.

On Turkey's border with Syria, a man fleeing unbearable violence in his homeland is allegedly beaten by a guard and forced back into a war zone.

In Sweden, the deputy prime minister struggles to contain her tears: Her country can no longer cope with the influx of people and is closing its doors to all but a few.

These are three snapshots of life for refugees and migrants trying to find a new home in a continent consumed by terror and overwhelmed by the human cost of Syria's war.

The attacks in Paris earlier this month may have overshadowed the so-called refugee crisis -- but the greatest migration of people on the European continent since World War II continues unabated.

Keywords:

Migrants 移民

heartbreaking 心碎

scrawled潦草

flee逃離

unbearable不堪忍受

allegedly據稱

deputy副

influx輻輳

overwhelmed不堪重負

homeland家園