What would life be like for you, or your siblings or children, if war erupted and you were forced to flee your home?

More than 1m refugees and migrants came to the EU this year, while almost 3,700 died or went missing in perilous journeys which reaped huge profit for smugglers, the International Organisation for Migration has said.

The Balkans was struggling yesterday with a growing backlog of migrants after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, wet borders where tempers frayed.