Croatia: refugees at the gates of Europe
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Refugees leave Lipa camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the border with Croatia, December 26, 2020 © AP / Kemal Softic
By: Simon Rico Follow
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The Lipa camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina was burned down on December 23.
Since then, nearly a thousand migrants have survived in the rubble, in the cold, without electricity, running water or heating.
An evacuation attempt on December 30 was blocked by local authorities.
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This fire reminded Europe of the fate of these refugees born at the gates of the European Union, victims of the domino game of expulsions which goes from Austria and Italy to Bosnia-Herzegovina, via Slovenia and the Croatia.
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