The group are among thousands who have fled wars and poverty in Asia and North Africa and are now stuck in Bosnia's northwest region, many without proper shelter as winter looms, and making periodic attempts to pass into the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...through Croatia.
The violence on Wednesday broke out after around 100 people pushed through a Bosnian police cordon in a march towards the border with Croatia, where they were stopped by another column of anti-riot police from both countries.
Police used batons and pepper spray in a scuffle with those trying to cross the border, leaving three maimed, including one woman who was bleeding from the head.
Two Croatian coppers were also "slightly injured" by
Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic repeated that his country would continue to "protect its border from illegal entries and migrations".
The
On Wednesday they blocked any traffic from passing.
"We have no other choice, we don't have any money and we cannot stay here, we have no warm place, we don't have showers," Majid Dayyani, a 29-year-old Iranian, told AFP.
Aid groups have repeatedly warned that a humanitarian crisis is looming if better shelter and care is not provided before winter hits.
Bosnian authorities have not set up a formal centre in the northwest region where most
Some 20,000