- Published: 24.09.2015.
PM Milanovic: Border issue can be solved today, but only if Serbia starts controlling influx of immigrants
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Thursday that Serbia, in agreement with Hungary, was sending refugees in an organised fashion only to its border with Croatia, which could not receive them in such numbers and had to block the border.
Serbia is letting refugees wander around the country in a disorganised manner but only until they gather in the north, and then sends them in an organised fashion only to the Croatian border, he said. "That's being organised by the Serbian office for refugees... Why are they doing it? Because they have an agreement with Budapest."
In one day alone, 9,000 people were directed towards Croatia, which is too much for receiving them in an organised fashion as Croatia did until now, Milanovic said. "That won't do... Either Serbia will set up refugee camps, as we have, or will send some to Horgos," a Serbian-Hungarian border crossing.
He said the border blockade Croatia imposed in response to such behaviour was not discriminatory. "It wasn't against Serb trucks, it was against all trucks, Croatian too." But Serbia countered with a package of measures solely against Croatian trucks and goods, Milanovic said. "That's at Serbia's expense. They are sawing the branch they are sitting on."
(Text and photo: Hina)
(Text and photo: Hina)