(ANSA) - SARAJEVO - According to Bosnian security minister
Dragan Mektic, who expressed his concern about the situation on
the Balkan route, about 70,000 migrants in Greece are ready to
travel to EU countries. According to the minister, there is a
daily influx of about 300 migrants from Turkey to Greece: an
alarming situation - he said - that exposes Bosnia and
Herzegovina to serious problems.
In the first two months of 2019, in the Bihac and Sarajevo
areas, the Bosnian authorities have identified and placed under
surveillance 6 migrants originating in Afghanistan, five of
which are suspected of having ties to international terrorism
and the sixth one suspected of migrant trafficking and organized
crime, the Fena news agency reported. Four suspects, aged
between 23 and 34, represent a threat to the security of the
country, whereas the identity of the other two suspects is still
under investigation, in collaboration with international
security agencies and countries of origin.
Meanwhile, the Slovenian police have stopped about twenty
migrants trying to enter the country illegally from neighboring
Croatia in the last few days. According to local media, most of
the migrants - Afghans, Pakistanis, Iranians - were hidden in
trucks heading for the EU countries in Western Europe. Observers
underlined an intensification of land migrants flows along the
Balkan route, taking into account that weather conditions have
improved and temperatures are rising. (ANSA).
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