Express/ Adrian Callaghan Refugees say they know people are getting through borders despite closures

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Aid agencies and governments across the EU are reporting an end to refugees taking the route between Turkey and Greece to reach European nations, but Express.co.uk can reveal the flow remains steady. Every day around 200 Syrians, Afghanis and Iraqis manage to escape the squalid Idomeni camp and make it to Serbia. They are skipping registration in camps and heading straight over borders. Despite the borders being 'closed' they are easily smuggled through countries like Macedonia and later Hungary, to the heart of Europe. After an EU deal with Turkey on March 18 it was reported by authorities the route is blocked and the crisis is slowing. In return for taking back those who arrive in Greece, Turkey has been given six billion euros and have been included in the Schengen zone. Speaking from a feeding station in Serbia where charities provide meals, clothes and activities for children, aid workers said there had been no rest in the flow of people seeking help.

Express/ Adrian Callaghan New arrivals are skipping refugee camps where they are detained and heading for borders

Life inside Serbia's migrant camps as borders to Europe remain closed Wed, April 6, 2016 Life inside Serbia's migrant camps as borders to Europe remain closed Play slideshow Adrian Callaghan/Daily Express 1 of 54 I child makes the sign of peace inside a refugee camp, Serbia

They are still trying to cross borders at Hungary illegally and many are getting through Tajana Zadravec

Tajana Zadravec, project manager at Refugee Aid Miksolisze, said: "The numbers change but right now we have 150 to 200 people passing through every day. "I would say 90 per cent cross the border illegally to Bulgaria. "They are still trying to cross borders at Hungary illegally and many are getting through. "I would say on 50 per cent are caught. They are deported or put in the detention camps. "But we are very aware they can escape these camps. Every government just doesn't want them in their country so it's like they want to just let them continue and leave. "The offers of aid are slowing down because people think there is no need - but there is." Inside the centre migrants are given new shoes and clothes with a hot meal, while doctors bandage swollen legs and treat exhausted arrivals in the park. Many stop for food and new shoes and head straight for Hungary where it is "more likely" they will be able to cross the border without papers. According to UNHCR, on April 5 there were 577 refugees at the Presevo camp, and 77 at the camp in Sid and another 300 in the centre of Belgrade. Express.co.uk saw less than 300 between both camps.

Express/ Adrian Callaghan Tajana Zadravec, project manager at Refugee Aid Miksolisze said refugees are still coming

In Sid, on the border with Croatia, many migrant men are waiting for the gates to reopen so they can continue their journey to the promised land of Germany. They remain in contact with others who have made the trip via Facebook, and they claim hundreds have been "let through" by Hungarian authorities in recent days. Each night, migrants are disappearing from camps and putting themselves in the hands of smugglers. Officials say there are hundreds in the camps in Serbia, in reality there are dozens. Qais Halimi fled Afghanistan in the hope of reaching Germany. The 23-year-old musician was jailed in Turkey for crossing illegally, and cannot seek asylum in Europe because he spent "too long" in the country, despite being behind bars. He said: "We are waiting for the borders to open, but many are gone. "They have gone to the Hungarian border and they just let them go. "Sometimes they say no, sometimes they get beaten, but I know recently 300 or 400 have got through, and they can go to where they want Germany, England, Finland, Italy. "Mostly we want to go to Germany because they want us, they accept us."

Express/ Adrian Callaghan Camps in Serbia are emptying as migrants make a break for the borders in the night

Express/ Adrian Callaghan Qais Halimi from Afghanistan is waiting for borders to open but many he knows have snuck through

With the first deportations set to take place from Greece this week, tensions in the camps are rising as migrants decide whether to wait it out or run. Other migrants in the camp said smugglers are "everywhere" in Turkey, selling boat passages as easy as vendors sell day trips to tourists. And inside the Serbian camps refugees told us they will keep on coming. An Iraqi man who gave his name as Andreas, 23, said: "Maybe they will send us back to Turkey but we will not give up. "We have no home to go to, we can only keep moving." Father-of-three Mohammed Miresh from Syria said they know they can cross the borders illegally and if they are kept in the camps in Serbia they will be forced to take the option. He said: "We don't want to go with the smugglers, but we will find a way or they don't open the borders. "We have risked our lives to get this far so if we cannot pass legally we will find another way." Taxi drivers circle the camps as they wait for migrants to take the risk at the border, and police watch them go. Now, since the border closure smugglers are charging between €1,200 and €1,500 for entry into Hungary illegally.

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Express/ Adrian Callaghan Andreas from Iraq said hundreds have got through Hungary illegally