02:24Bosnia and Herzegovina: Migrants relocated from temporary homes in Bosanska Bojna near Croatian border
Several groups of migrants mostly consisting of families with small children were evicted from temporary refuge they had found in abandoned village houses in Bosanska Bojna near Croatia border on Friday.
The border police and social workers were seen on site, as migrants were loading their luggage onto bus and vans.
"You force people, other people force people, Croatian police force people, they beat children and you force us," said one migrant interviewed next to the house which she had been asked to leave.
"There are many refugees. Most of them who are coming are women and children who moved into those houses," explained a local Mile Simic.
The migrants were heading towards the Croatian border, intending to reach other EU countries, but the Croatian law enforcement officers and Bosnian border police stopped them and placed them on buses heading to a refugee shelter in Bihac.
According to the UN migration agency, around 3,000 people are currently sleeping rough in Bosnia. As winter temperatures drop, aid workers increasingly worry about migrant centres being closed down in the area, and the growing hostility from local authorities and residents towards migrants and asylum seekers in the Western Balkan country.
02:24Several groups of migrants mostly consisting of families with small children were evicted from temporary refuge they had found in abandoned village houses in Bosanska Bojna near Croatia border on Friday.
The border police and social workers were seen on site, as migrants were loading their luggage onto bus and vans.
"You force people, other people force people, Croatian police force people, they beat children and you force us," said one migrant interviewed next to the house which she had been asked to leave.
"There are many refugees. Most of them who are coming are women and children who moved into those houses," explained a local Mile Simic.
The migrants were heading towards the Croatian border, intending to reach other EU countries, but the Croatian law enforcement officers and Bosnian border police stopped them and placed them on buses heading to a refugee shelter in Bihac.
According to the UN migration agency, around 3,000 people are currently sleeping rough in Bosnia. As winter temperatures drop, aid workers increasingly worry about migrant centres being closed down in the area, and the growing hostility from local authorities and residents towards migrants and asylum seekers in the Western Balkan country.