Sarajevo, 23 October 2026, dtt-net.com - A joint border patrol intercepted 35 foreign nationals attempting to illegally cross the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia on way to the EU territory for better life.
The operation was conducted on October 22, 2026, by a mixed team from the Gorica Border Police Unit of BiH and the Imotski Border Police Station of Croatia.
Border surveillance systems initially detected the group within the border zone in the Posušje area. Following an operational investigation, authorities identified 28 of the individuals as citizens of Türkiye. The remaining seven lacked identification documents but stated during processing that they travelled from Bangladesh. Officials confirmed that 11 minors of Turkish nationality were among the group.
Compared to January-September 2025 period, the number of irregular border crossings through Western Balkans region to the EU territory in same period 2026 dropped for 27%, and was 6687 respectively, according to the new data by EU’s border agency FRONTEX.
At the same time 2000 of vulnerable illegal migrants lost their lives in the Mediterranean trying to reach EU territory hoping for a better life.
