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A year after hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees snaked their way across southeastern Europe and onto television screens worldwide, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, depriving an arguably worsening tragedy of its poignant visibility. Europe's migrant crisis is at the very least numerically worse than it was last year. More people are arriving and more are dying. But the twist is that, compared with last year, a lot of it is out of sight. Reuters photographer, Antonio Bronic revisiting the people-packed locations where he and his colleagues captured last year's diaspora, found empty roads, unencumbered railway tracks and bucolic countryside. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A year after hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees snaked their way across southeastern Europe and onto television screens worldwide, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, depriving an arguably worsening tragedy of its poignant visibility. Europe's migrant crisis is at the very least numerically worse than it was last year. More people are arriving and more are dying. But the twist is that, compared with last year, a lot of it is out of sight. Reuters photographer, Antonio Bronic revisiting the people-packed locations where he and his colleagues captured last year's diaspora, found empty roads, unencumbered railway tracks and bucolic countryside. Here: A combination picture shows migrants walking towards the Hungarian border after arriving at the train station in Botovo, Croatia September 24, 2015 (top) and the same location May 26, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows migrants standing in a cemetery as they are waiting to board buses, after crossing the border from Serbia, near Tovarnik, Croatia September 24, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Marko Djurica (top)/Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows migrants standing in a cemetery as they are waiting to board buses, after crossing the border from Serbia, near Tovarnik, Croatia September 24, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Marko Djurica (top)/Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows policemen maintaining order as migrants are held to wait for buses at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia near Tovarnik, Croatia September 21, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows policemen maintaining order as migrants are held to wait for buses at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia near Tovarnik, Croatia September 21, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows migrants walking from Dobova towards a transit camp in Brezice, Slovenia October 21, 2015 (top) and the same location May 23, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows migrants walking from Dobova towards a transit camp in Brezice, Slovenia October 21, 2015 (top) and the same location May 23, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows a migrant child walking towards the border crossing with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, October 12, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows a migrant child walking towards the border crossing with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, October 12, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows a humanitarian volunteer trying to help migrants as they are waiting to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia October 23, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Marko Djurica (top)/Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows a humanitarian volunteer trying to help migrants as they are waiting to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia October 23, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Marko Djurica (top)/Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows migrants waiting to board a train at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 20, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows migrants waiting to board a train at the station in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 20, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows migrants sitting on railway tracks at a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 20, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows migrants sitting on railway tracks at a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 20, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows a volunteer cleaning up a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia September 21, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows a volunteer cleaning up a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia September 21, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)



A combination picture shows migrants waiting to board a train at a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 18, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)

A combination picture shows migrants waiting to board a train at a train station in Tovarnik, Croatia, September 18, 2015 (top) and the same location May 27, 2016. (Photo by Antonio Bronic/Reuters)
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