US EditionBoat carrying migrants capsizes in Croatia, killing at least 1
The boat capsized during a river crossing by migrants fleeing hardship, with one confirmed dead and a suspected smuggler rescued, officials said.
- On Monday, a boat carrying migrants overturned on the Una River near Hrvatska Kostajnica, killing at least one person.
- Attempting an irregular crossing in cold weather, migrants were using the Balkan land route to enter Croatia from Bosnia or Serbia, rescuers told HRT state television.
- Police said a rescued man from Bosnia is suspected of people smuggling, while an index portal said some seven to eight Chinese nationals were believed onboard.
- The capsizing highlights the perils migrants face while trying to reach Western Europe with the help of people smugglers.
- The Balkan land route funnels migrants through Bosnia into Croatia, with migrants commonly entering from Bosnia or Serbia and some seven to eight Chinese nationals believed aboard the capsized boat, Index portal said.
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Another accident occurred during an attempt by migrants to illegally cross into Croatia via the Sava or Una rivers.
A man died and several other people disappeared on Monday, after the shipwreck of a migrant ship on a river on the border between Croatia and Bosnia. ...
A boat carrying several people capsized on the Una River in the Hrvatska Kostajnica area today while attempting to illegally cross the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. So far, according to Croatian police, two men have been found, one of whom is dead, and the search for the remaining passengers is ongoing.
Police officers heard a call for help this morning at around 4.45 in the area of Hrvatska Kostajnica, in the town of Rosulje, during a state border control.
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