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Bosnian Border Police Sound Alarm over Migration Pressure

Associated Press

   SARAJEVO - The chief of Bosnia's border police warned Tuesday that his
   guards cannot contain the migratory pressure along the country's
   eastern border with Serbia and that the situation could easily escalate
   and put in danger the overall stability of the politically fragile
   nation.

   Zoran Galic told The Associated Press in an interview that securing the
   nation's entire 1,600-kilometer (995-mile) border along a popular
   migration route into Europe was like the "work of Sisyphus." That was a
   reference to the Greek mythical hero who was condemned for eternity to
   push a rock up a mountain only to watch it roll all the way down every
   time he reaches the top.

   "We are in a constant struggle to deter migrants, but they never quit,"
   he said.

   Describing the scale of the problem, he said: "We encounter women who
   are eight months pregnant, juvenile children, and we are doing our best
   to treat them morally, with respect for all international (human
   rights) conventions."

   Since the start of the year, more than 13,000 migrants have arrived in
   Bosnia, according to Bosnian government statistics. The impoverished
   country is unable to provide them with appropriate accommodation and
   many are left without access to hot meals, showers or proper medical
   care, to the growing consternation of local communities.

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