Legs in the air, desperately trying to cram through a tiny carriage window in Macedonia, one migrant is dragged inside a train bound for Serbia.

Meanwhile hundreds of other people jostle beneath him, attempting to clamber on board the packed train at Gevgelija station, near the border of Greece and Macedonia.

Once in Serbia, they believe they will be one step closer to western Europe, as they look for a better life in Britain, France or Germany.

Desperate: As crowds jostle to try and get on a train in Macedonia bound for Serbia, one man manages to squeeze through a carriage window , leaving his legs high in the air outside, as he is dragged inside

Packed: Dozens of men try to cram into one of the carriage doors - despite there clearly being no more room

Lifted: A young boy is supported by one man as his father grabs his arm to pull him through a carriage window

These photographs reflect how the European community is still struggling to address the ever-growing migrant crisis, as thousands of people flee wartorn areas of the Middle East and Africa for the continent.

Many migrants who crossed Greece make their way through the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia towards Serbia, where they then try to get into other European countries.

But authorities in Hungary are attempting to curb the migrants' efforts with a 175km steel fence, costing €20million (£13.9million), along its border with Serbia, to stop them entering the country.

Migrants rights groups, the European Commission and the United Nations' refugee agency have condemned the fence, arguing it puts the migrants at risk of extortion and doesn't represent a solution where the people should go.

But Hungarian ministers said while they have space for 3,000 asylum seekers, at least 60,000 people have arrived since the start of the year, reports the Financial Times.

Escape: Entire families are trying to reach western European countries to escape conflict in wartorn nations

Peace: More than 135,000 migrants arrived in Europe by sea in the first six months of the year, says the UN

On foot: A young boy carrying a backpack walks on the tracks of the Gevgelija train station in Macedonia

Struggle: The EU has set a deadline of Monday, July 20, to reach an agreement over where asylum seekers currently living in Italy and Greece should be given residency in European nations

More than 135,000 migrants arrived in Europe by sea in the first half of 2015, mostly landing in Italy and Greece, according to the UN.

The EU has set a deadline of Monday, July 20 to reach an agreement of where 40,000 asylum seekers currently living in the two Mediterranean countries, should be given residency.

Last week Germany and France said they would jointly take in more than 20,000 refugees in the next two years.