“Erecting border fences in parts of Europe in response to the current massive influx of refugees may harm wildlife. The fences can kill animals by entangling them in razor wire and will jeopardize the hard-won connectivity of species populations.

The human toll of the refugee crisis deserves the highest political attention. At the same time, many of the fences could be in violation of commitments under international conservation agreements, such as the European Commission’s Habitats Directive. These are likely to affect brown bear, wolf, lynx and red deer species."

John D. C. Linnell, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

With photographs, videos and objects by Lvova Anastasiya (1988), Olivia Arthur/Magnum Photos (1980), Arnau Bach (1981), Attila Balázs/MTI (1969), István Bielik (1985), David Brauchli/Reuters, Sergi Cámara (1970), Tijen Erol (1966), Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters (1960), Claus Felix/DPA, Christiane Feser (1977), George Georgiou (1961), Axel Grünewald (1954), András D. Hajdú (1981), Patrick Hertzog/AFP (1962), Balázs Ivándi-Szabó (1985), Ciril Jazbec (1987), Jérémie Jung/Signatures (1980), Dejan Kaps (1979-2016), Davor Konjikušić (1979), Dmitri Makhomet (1975), Gérard Malié/AFP (1941), Kevin McElvaney (1987), Simon Móricz-Sabján (1980), Vesselina Nikolaeva (1976), Daniel Leal Olivas (1987), José Palazón/Reuters, Marcell Piti (1990), Frankie Quinn (1966), Tomáš Rafa (1979), Ferenc Rédei (1944), Timofey Rozhansky (1991), Jérôme Sessini/Magnum Photos (1968), Lutz Schmidt/AP, Łukasz Skąpski (1958), Tamás Sóki (1993), TerraProject Photographers (Michele Borzoni, Simone Donati, Pietro Paolini, Rocco Rorandelli), Tamás Urbán (1945), Kai Wiedenhöfer (1966), Henk Wildschut (1967).