Authorities in three countries on the so Balkan Route have arrested the alleged members of a migrant trafficking network operating in the region. Among those arrested were two Turkish nationals.
Croatian police found 39 migrants over Christmas. They were hiding in a small van. The overcrowded vehicle had entered the country from Bosnia Herzegovina.
The NGO No Name Kitchen has released reports about police using violence against migrants and pushing them back to Bosnia. What are the details of these allegations and how many asylum seekers are coming to Croatia ?
Once, they were on the run. Today, former Bosnian refugees are demanding one thing above all from their home country: humanity toward the displaced people from Syria and other countries seeking refuge there.
No EU migration plan can succeed without the Western Balkans, says Michael Roth, Germany's deputy minister for European affairs. He spoke to DW ahead of a summit in London over the region's prospects of joining the bloc.
Albania is reportedly open to hosting reception centers for individuals seeking asylum in the EU. The plan could help keep embattled German Chancellor Angela Merkel in power and placate her hard-line interior minister.
A new wave of refugees across the Balkans and the EU threat of closing its borders has Bosnia-Herzegovina struggling to position itself. Could it be the location of a refugee camp in return for EU funding?
A new migrant route has sprung up in the Balkans, and local governments are attempting to stem the flow. Governments in the region want to collaborate more in order to prevent another crisis.
Bosnia may be on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, with growing numbers of migrants stranded in the Balkan nation. The impoverished country has seen a sharp rise in the number of arrivals hoping to cross over into the European Union via neighboring Croatia.
Twenty European organizations have asked governments in Europe to respect the rights of migrants and refugees crossing borders. The appeal comes ahead of the EU-Western Balkans Summit on May 17.
Migrant arrivals are on the rise in Bosnia. As a consequence, hundreds of foreigners are living in precarious conditions in a park in Sarajevo, where a makeshift camp has been set up.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Bosnia is failing to protect asylum seekers. The organization is calling for greater efforts to protect the human rights of refugees and migrants there.