(ANSA-AFP) - SARAJEVO, JAN 21 - Two police officers and a UN migration agency official were injured Wednesday night in clashes at a camp for thousands of migrants near the Bosnian capital, police said. Several police vehicles were flipped on their backs during the scuffles at the overstretched 'Blazuj' centre outside Sarajevo, where more than 3,000 EU-bound migrants are currently housed. Police said they stepped in to break up a fight between two groups of migrants. "During the intervention, migrants attacked police officers and damaged several police and International Organization for Migration (IOM) cars, as well as IOM offices," police spokesperson, Mirza Hadziabdic told AFP. He confirmed that two police officers and an employee with IOM, the United Nations' migration agency, were injured. The IOM issued a statement explaining that "a skirmish between two migrants that quickly escalated into a bigger fight". Since 2018 Bosnia has struggled to manage a large influx of migrants, mainly from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, who have been crossing the Balkan state's territory in hopes of reaching Western Europe.

(ANSA-AFP).