麻豆社

A special essay from Nick Thorpe, the 麻豆社 correspondent in Budapest, reflecting on what it's been like for reporters covering a summer of migration. He recalls a kaleidoscope of experiences along Europe's southeastern border, the people he's met, and the responsibility of a journalist's role in feeding information back and forth along the route of a great exodus.

Photo: Osama Abdul Mohsen, the Syrian refugee who made world headlines when a Hungarian journalist tripped him over as he fled, arrives at Atocha train station in Madrid, on September 17, 2015 with his sons Zaid and Mohammad, and two others. (JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images)