Bosnia: Migrants stranded in the cold as they try to make their way to Europe
Raheel Zafar is a young Pakistani, one of thousands of migrants living in catastrophic conditions in Bosnia. He lives in a makeshift camp in the woods amongst mud, pouring rain, and the bitter cold.
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Refugees stuck in hopeless situation at EU border in Bosnia
Tents, mud and cold: Refugees are contending with miserable conditions in Bosnia-Herzegovina as the EU continues to keep its borders closed, Marina Strauss reports from Bihac.
Refugees have taken to living in makeshift forest camps in Bosnia
Twenty-five-year-old Raheel Zafar from Karachi, Pakistan, said he had already tried to walk from Bosnia-Herzegovina to Croatia six times, through the forest and across the mountains. He was stopped each time by the Croatian border police, who beat him and robbed him.
The 30 men who have set up camp here in a forest outside the Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa all have a similar story to tell. In front of each tent, two or three people sit warming themselves or cooking over small fires.
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