a million refugees traveled along the so-called balkan route as they sought to reach a safe haven on the u.s. in the european union the route was mostly closed off in twenty sixteen by border fences and guards but many are still managing to cross the borders illegally recent days have seen friction at the border between bosnia and croatia hundreds of refugees have been trying to cross from village. a bosnian town into neighboring croatia and therefore bypass the e.u.'s external border. these refugees are pleading for the bosnian croatian border crossing to be opened several hundred migrants from pakistan afghanistan iraq and iran are camped out at delhi. where bosnia borders croatia and e.u. country as autumn sets in these makeshift shelters in bosnia are in danger of sinking into the mud and hygenic conditions are disastrous the bosnian police used force to restrain these people in recent days both refugees and border officials