Confused and cold, more refugees cross Croatia and Hungary
- 9 years ago
There was total confusion for some 3,000 refugees and migrants on Saturday after they got stranded between Serbia and Croatia.
Croatian police say Serbian buses had dropped them off in an empty field near the border.
On the Croatian side local villagers in Strošinci stepped in to help.
Buses were then organised to take people to a local train station, from where they have been transported on towards Hungary.
“They closed the border at Bajakovo, so people came here. So be it, let them pass. Let them save their lives. Nobody is running away from a good life,” said one villager, Stjepan Novoselac.
After pressure from the European Union, Croatia has re-opened its border with Serbia, ending a week-long standoff that had plunged relations between the two Balkan states to their lowest since Yugoslavia broke up in bloodshed in the 1990s.
During the dispute thousands of refugees and migrants became stranded in Strošinci and surrounding areas.
Many have been taken to a centre at O
Croatian police say Serbian buses had dropped them off in an empty field near the border.
On the Croatian side local villagers in Strošinci stepped in to help.
Buses were then organised to take people to a local train station, from where they have been transported on towards Hungary.
“They closed the border at Bajakovo, so people came here. So be it, let them pass. Let them save their lives. Nobody is running away from a good life,” said one villager, Stjepan Novoselac.
After pressure from the European Union, Croatia has re-opened its border with Serbia, ending a week-long standoff that had plunged relations between the two Balkan states to their lowest since Yugoslavia broke up in bloodshed in the 1990s.
During the dispute thousands of refugees and migrants became stranded in Strošinci and surrounding areas.
Many have been taken to a centre at O