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Winter Puts Growing Pressure On Bosnia's Condemned Migrant Camp
November 04, 2019
Hundreds of migrants stranded in a camp in the Bosnian forest are at risk as the Balkan winter approaches, aid workers say.
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Men warm themselves by a fire inside the Vucjak camp.
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As of 2018, around 35 percent of the migrants in the camp were Pakistanis, 20 percent were Afghans, and 20 percent claimed to be from Syria, though an official
cast doubt
on that figure. Syrians and Afghans are widely seen as most deserving of refugee status due to the ongoing war in their home countries.
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Migrants walking near the Croatian border. Most of the men are trying to leave Bosnia-Herzegovina and enter Croatia, an EU member. From there, many hope to head further north to wealthy Western European countries such as Germany and Sweden.
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But crossing the border illegally has become increasingly difficult. This Afghan migrant says he was beaten by Bosnian police.
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