Will Turkey start a new refugee crisis

States that are on the 'Balkan route', which ranged refugees on their way to the EU, largely to prepare for a possible new wave of refugees.

Exactly one year after the start of large refugee crisis in Europe again is more a story about a possible new refugee crisis and a wave that moved from Turkey to the European Union via the Balkans. When we talk about the reasons for possible new refugee crisis underlying its reason is the war in Syria, which continues in its severity and the fact that we still have not resolved outstanding problems between Turkey and the EU. It was Turkey key in the story given that in local refugee camps housing some three million people.

Hunters refugees?

In the meantime, the "Balkan route", which were last year ranged refugees on their way to the European Union, countries have been preparing for a possible wave of refugees. And Macedonia and Serbia are deployed police forces on its borders in order to protect them from uncontrolled entry of refugees. The same is done and Croatia that the green border with Serbia for weeks has deployed police forces intensified and members of the riot police.As part of the preparations for the possible new wave of refugees, Croatian police recently at the International border crossing Batina, leading to Serbia, conducted and exercise setting metal fence.

Hungary is in fact the most rigorous. Tamošnjoj Government was not sufficient either wire fence which was set up last year, but are prepared to put another row of wire fence and secured with barbed wire. In addition to media published the information on the establishment of special units "hunters refugees" who will be armed with live ammunition and have the primary task of preventing the entry of refugees into Hungary.

"Croatia is a free, secure, humane and friendly country to fulfill all its commitments. Definitely we become creators of the security policy of the European policy, "said Interior Minister in technical Croatian Government Blaise Orepić during a recent visit to Tovarnik where he spoke precisely about border security.

Croatia without wires

Orepić reiterated that Croatia will certainly not on their national border post wire as it did Hungary. He said that the Croatian police are ready for every scenario and definitely ready to quickly develop a reception, housed and human resources.Orepić not talk about it or previously known to the Croatian border monitors with a variety of mobile and stationary cameras. First of all, these are infrared and thermal imaging cameras that cover a wide area and which lens is almost impossible to escape - every warm-blooded organism and over long distances was discovered by them when attempting to illegally cross the state border welcome accompanying policemen.

"Living in Croatia illegally trying to enter smaller groups of refugees who, after police found, returning to the country of origin. However, despite this, the situation on the Croatian state border is stable, "said Orepić who is in this regard stressed the very good cooperation between the Croatian and Serbian police.At the same time residents Tovarnik, who during the last year of the refugee wave was the first to be hit, and other border villages in Croatia, said that despite all the efforts of the police almost daily seen refugees in the surrounding fields, streets ... Some of them have managed to somehow "break up "deeper into the interior, so they both police was finding in Vinkovci, Slavonski Brod, near Osijek, and Gorski Kotar ...

Ready for anything

"We, as a municipality, we do not get any information from the police. However, themselves notice an increased number of illegal crossings but also increased police presence at the border. If there is a new refugee crisis Tovarnik Municipality is ready to help and make as many needs, but will still be the greatest job in the Government and the police, "said Head of the Municipality of Tovarnik Rose Veselčić Šijaković.And it, as well as other residents of the municipality, are still fresh in the memory of images from last refugee crisis that began on September 16 Recalls the great role of employees of the municipality as well as the locals themselves who they had helped as they could. Many have turned to the way that the exhausted refugees distributed water, food, clothing, fruit ...

Also still remembers how the police during last year's refugee crisis expected arrival 500-600 refugees. Already on the first day this figure has exceeded one thousand to the second day of the crisis in Tovarnik occurred about 12,000 refugees. Neither the police were not ready for such a wave of refugees, and the tables and chairs needed to operate and refugee reception inserted into the police station during the crisis itself. Those first days were organized centers of refugee reception, and is just a few days after it work center in Opatovac, and then a few weeks later and center in Slavonski Brod.

According to official data of Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Croatia during last year's refugee crisis over Croatian has passed 658,068 refugees."I am proud done last year. To all of us it was a great experience, "said Rose Veselčić, adding to and throughout the crisis, they had been a single incident.And now, when refugees illegally trying to enter Croatia, says that there are no problems and incidents. Allegations that works requires residents in the municipality Sid who have requested the authorities of the Municipality and the State Commissioner for Refugees to refugees housed in local detention centers relocate. They pointed to a series of robberies, burglaries and robberies, for which accuse the administration refugees in the centers. They claim that despite house rules centers, which says refugees placed in them after 22 hours may not feel free to walk around the city, they spend days and nights outside the centers and unsupervised.

At least them from Syria

Only in Sid and its vicinity in three refugee camps located about 1,500 refugees. According to unofficial data in Serbia is currently around 5,000 refugees of whom about 2500 to 3000 is located in the Belgrade area. In the Serbian capital refugees can be seen at every step but it is mostly around the bus station and a park at the Faculty of Economics.

The refugees walk the city or sit in parks and on benches. Some of them can be seen sleeping on benches or on the concrete floor covered with various overlays. Fountain in the park used them to wash their teeth, could they, but also wash clothes or dishes in the park. Search times in the distribution center for refugees Miksalište where their NGOs provided two meals (breakfast and lunch), fruit, water ... There can watch television, recharge cell phones, use a computer, can hear with their families but also to attend an English course.

"They're actually in a nearby reception center just sleep while the rest of the time they spend here or somewhere else. To all of them is the goal of acceding to the EU. However, the problem is that many a day just 10-15 entering in Hungary while every day more to come. Unlike last year when they had been assured transportation now that there is no more but are forced to make do as best they know how, "said the coordinator of logistics in Miksalištu Alexander Cicic.He adds that no one knows for sure whether to come back to a new refugee crisis or not, and that is the whole story, in fact, crucial Turkey. In addition, he says Čičić, and it is unclear how it will be at possible new crisis set up by the Serbian government.

"A lot of the questions to which no answers or even more unfortunate people who want to save from war and misery. Unlike last year, is now no longer so Syrians. Among the refugees now in Serbia, the majority from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan ... Week ahead will give answers to all questions, "concluded Cicic.

• 17 Sep, 2016
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