By The Data Team EUROPE will soon have more physical barriers on its national borders than it did during the Cold War. The ongoing refugee crisis, combined with Ukraine's conflict with Russia, saw governments plan and construct border walls and security fences across the continent in 2015. On September 15th Hungary completed a fence along its border with Serbia, a major point of entry for refugees
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