Alarm Bells Sounded Over Plight of Refugees Crossing the Balkans

An SOS is being sent out about the plight of thousands of refugees attempting to cross the Balkans to reach the European Union.

In a new report from Amnesty International, police in some Balkan states are accused of abusing refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.

The report says many of those caught up in the abuse are children.

“Refugees fleeing war and persecution make this journey across the Balkans in the hope of finding safety in Europe, only to find themselves victims of abuse and exploitation and at the mercy of failing asylum systems,” said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe and central Asia.

The report says Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have become a “sink” for the overflow of refugees and migrants that “nobody in the EU seems willing to receive”.

Full article available here: Alarm Bells Sounded

Source: Euronews