As Europe faces the most significant people movement since the Second World War the landscape of the continent is changing. <br /><br /> In an attempt to stem the tide and pander to an anti-immigrant agenda to ensure domestic political stability and votes;barriers are going up. <br /><br /> Britain is the latest to begin the construction of more than 3km of high-security fencing at the Channel Tunnel port in northern France, in an attempt to stop thousands of illegal migrants breaking into lorries bound for the UK.<br /><br /> IN PICS: Work begins on ‘Great Wall of Calais’ https://t.co/wh8RP3GQgx pic.twitter.com/0Po7heJ7jE— The Local Europe (@TheLocalEurope) September 21, 2016<br /><br /> The conservative government of Viktor Orban in Hungary started the trend by constructing a fence along its border with Croatia and Serbia.<br /><br /> Hungary builds SECOND wall as PM warns thousands may come if Turkey migrant deal collapses https://t.co/b6L4o3TBcw pic.twitter.com/nc3VFrGOep— Alex Tanasie (@dookyyy) August 26, 2016<br /><br /> The decision caused outrage, yet cut the number of border crossings from more than 6,000 a day to less than 100 in two days. <br /><br /> Several European states have followed suit such as Austria, Slovenia and even some Nordic countries. <br /><br /> Austria received 90,000 asylum applications last year a number which represents one percent of the population. <br /><br /> And now a wall is going up on the border with Italy and Germany. <br /><br /> Austria is Building Another Wall https://t.co/FxVYDbyD3G pic.twitter.com/9ctei6Z4MR— TheWesternChauvinist (@TheWesternChauv) September 20, 2016<br /><br /> Italy has attempted to ally fears the the govornor of South Tyrol, Arno Kompatscher, made the following statement in April: “As far as I know what’s being constructed is a platform out of concrete in order to put up a roof so that personnel carrying out the border checks have a roof over their heads.”<br /><br /> In Calais security has been reinforced to secure the route to the port as the wall goes up. <br /><br /> The refugee crisis has tested the humanitarian tolerance of Europe and beyond.<br /><br /> In Norway, long considered a welcoming and generous nation, a steel barrier is going up along its border with Russia.<br /><br /> Since the Syrian conflict erupted in 2011 around 5,500 asylum seekers have crossed into Norway.<br />
