On the dock at the port of Patras, Greece, we observe merchant ships docked in the roadstead. This is the first stop on the so-called "Balkan route," traveled each year by thousands of people fleeing Middle Eastern countries to reach the heart of Europe: these are men and women who cross forests, mountains, rivers, and fields on foot. More often than not, when they are stopped by border police, they are sent back to their point of departure. It is what some of them call "the game." Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)