ZAGREB, May 18, 2018 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Thursday in the coastal city of Šibenik, where he was attending celebrations for Šibenik-Knin County Day, that all institutions are equally responsible for the perception of the fight against corruption - the government, judiciary, state prosecutors, the USKOK anti-corruption office, and the Interior Ministry.

ZAGREB, May 17, 2018 - Bosnia and Herzegovina's Prime Minister Denis Zvizdić said on Thursday that the country's border police would be reinforced to ensure complete control of the borders with Serbia and Montenegro in order to prevent migrants from entering the country illegally.

After two years of relative calm, the Balkan refugee route seems to be active again.

ZAGREB, May 13, 2018 - The director of Bosnia and Herzegovina's border police Zoran Galić said on Saturday that his police branch needed to be manned by more staff to be able to cope with a rising number of migrants passing through the country on their way to western and northern Europe.

ZAGREB, May 11, 2018 - Nearly 3,500 illegal migrants have entered Bosnia and Herzegovina this year and the authorities do not know how many of them are still in the country and how many continued their journey to western Europe, the Banja Luka-based Nezavisne Novine newspaper said on Friday.

ZAGREB, May 3, 2018 - Interior Ministry State Secretary Žarko Katić said in parliament on Thursday that the adoption of a new bill on foreigners could be expected in the last quarter of the year, adding that illegal immigrants pose a threat to the state's security. Katić admitted that the number of immigrants was growing, however, it "hasn't increased drastically compared to last year."

ZAGREB, April 25, 2018 - Although a majority of refugees did not initially intend to stay in Croatia, many change their minds while waiting for asylum, the head of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Tvrtko Barun said in Zagreb on Wednesday.

ZAGREB, April 24, 2018 - Prosecutorial authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday reported that the police conducted an operation on early Tuesday morning to break a ring of traffickers who organised the transport of illegal migrants, and more than a score of people were arrested during the operation.

ZAGREB, April 24, 2018 - A FRONTEX training course of EU border police began in Valbandon on Monday as part of the "EBCGT - Land Border Surveillance Officer Training" programme, the Interior Ministry (MUP) has reported.

ZAGREB, April 20, 2018 - The number of migrants entering Croatia illegally has increased by two-thirds compared to last year, and police expect that five counties will find themselves on the migrant route this spring.