Thousands of migrants recently have flocked to Bosnia’s northwestern corner where they try to cross into neighboring European Union member Croatia.
Bosnia’s top security official Dragan Mektic has said authorities could seek to deploy army troops on the border with Serbia and Montenegro to help control the entry.
Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says that nearly 900 people have been rescued from waters south of the Iberian Peninsula over the past two days, as an increase in arrivals increases pressure on the country’s infrastructure to deal with migration.
Bosnia’s top security official says the war-ravaged country could deploy army troops to help prevent a mass influx of migrants.
Security Minister Dragan Mektic said Wednesday that Bosnia won’t allow itself to become a “hot-spot” where migrants would pile up, unable to move on to Western Europe.
He says “Europe has failed the security test” because migrant movements largely are controlled by organized criminal groups and not official institutions.