'The Game': The perilous trek of refugees from Bosnia to the EU

Stranded in Bosnia: hundreds of refugees are still waiting in ruins and tents around the western Bosnian town of Bihac for their chance to cross the border into the EU. This young man started out in Pakistan three years ago. He has been stuck in Bosnia for months. He has an infected molar. Europe is only a few kilometres away
This young man started out in Pakistan three years ago and has been stuck in Bosnia for months. Europe is only a few kilometres away (photo: Dirk Planert/DW)

With spring, migration on the Balkan route is on the rise again – and with it the misery, violence and illegal pushbacks at Croatia's external EU border.