Bosnia police stop migrants from reaching northwest area

(22 Oct 2019) Bosnian police pulled dozens of migrants off a train to prevent them from reaching a north western part of the country where an overcrowded tent camp remains without water supplies for a second day in a row.

Hundreds of migrants staying at the Vucjak camp outside the town of Bihac could be seen on Tuesday carrying plastic bottles filled with water they got from residents in the vicinity.

Bihac authorities on Monday cut the camp's water supplies to pressure the Bosnian government to help relocate thousands of migrants who are stuck in the area, near the border with European Union member Croatia,  while trying to reach Western Europe.

To stop a further influx, police overnight disembarked migrants travelling on a Bihac-bound train and bused them away from the town.



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