Tuesday, December 19th., 2017
Hundreds of migrants camping along Serbia’s EU border – officials
Several
hundred migrants are camping along Serbia’s borders, sleeping rough in
makeshift shelters in harsh winter weather, AP reports. Aid groups
distributed food and warm drinks in an abandoned factory near Croatia’s
border, as migrants are looking for a chance to cross into neighboring
EU countries. Officials and aid groups say that some 300-400 migrants
have been staying out in the open while an additional 4,000 are in
asylum camps in Serbia. Thousands have been stranded in Serbia since
“the Balkan migrant route” was closed down in March 2016 to stem the
flow into the EU. Many migrants try to cross the borders illegally with
the help of smugglers.