Bosnian Authorities Round up Migrants Amid Crisis Warnings
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:35 am
In this file photo dated June 19, 2019, migrants and refugees wait in line to receive supplies from the Red Cross at the Vucijak refugee camp outside Bihac, western Bosnia.
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA - Authorities in northwestern Bosnia have rounded up hundreds of migrants and moved them to a refugee center while warning of a looming crisis ahead of upcoming winter.
A video published by local media on Wednesday shows police escorting the migrants in a long column from the town of Bihac toward the Vucjak camp, near the border with Croatia.
The Bihac authorities have faced criticism over the conditions in the tent camp, located on a former landfill and close to a mine-infested area from the 1992-95 war.
The mayor of Bihac, Suhret Fazlic, has warned this week that the city can no longer cope with thousands of people staying there in hopes of moving toward Western Europe. He has threatened to cut migrant aid to draw attention to the problem.