MOSTAR – The director of the service for international affairs of BiH Željko Laketa warned on Monday that Afghans most frequently arrange armed legal teams that smuggle migrants to Croatia, and known as on the EU to assist international locations on the migrant route set up border management.
Within the final two weeks, two migrants have been killed in mutual clashes, one in Bihać and the opposite in Sarajevo, which the BiH authorities attribute to the actions of more and more violent legal teams among the many migrants themselves.
“Sadly, they’ve additionally grow to be armed teams. The essence is that they’re engaged in illegally transferring migrants throughout borders all the way in which to the European Union,” Laketa informed the Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz.
He defined that the variety of armed legal teams amongst migrants in that nation elevated after police companies in Serbia and Hungary performed a number of operations.
Legal teams are most frequently organized by residents of Afghanistan. He assessed that the escalation of violence is inflicting concern and known as on the European Union to assist Balkan international locations set up border management.
“I believe that this has grow to be a critical safety menace and that the EU should do one thing to assist the international locations on the migrant route to stop it,” Laketa emphasised. (September 9, 2024)