ZAGREB, August 1, 2018 - About 6,000 illegal migrants have entered Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina since the end of last year, the head of BiH's service for aliens Slobodan Ujić, said on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, July 31, 2018 - During a regular patrol on Monday along the border with Croatia, Slovenian police discovered around Črnomelj near Koper 22 illegal migrants of various nationalities from Africa and the Middle East, Slovenia's police reported on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, July 31, 2018 - The Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) on Monday strongly dismissed a statement from the Police Union (SPS) in which it had condemned reporting on the police treatment of migrants, saying that the SPS had shown a complete lack of understanding of the journalistic profession.

ZAGREB, July 30, 2018 - The Welcome refugee support initiative on Monday called on Croatian police officers to disobey orders to expel refugees from Croatia in order to show the senselessness of the policy of guarding the border against people who are in need of safety and thus improve the image of the Croatian police.

ZAGREB, July 29, 2018 - The police trade union on Sunday dismissed media reports regarding inhumane treatment of migrants and publicly praised all police officers who are doing their job and protecting the state border.

Rumours about rapes and even wild duck hunting are spreading in Bosnian border regions.

ZAGREB, July 28, 2018 - Interior Minister Davor Božinović has told Hina that, because of the best police work in this part of Europe, Croatia can persevere in the desire to stay an open country without barriers and barbed wire, with empathy for refugees in their need for protection as well as with the determination to put the interests of its citizens first.

ZAGREB, July 27, 2018 - The number of migrants trying to enter Croatia illegally has not increased, and an aircraft of the EU's Frontex border and coastguard agency is helping in monitoring the situation on the ground, Interior Minister Davor Božinović said on Thursday.

ZAGREB, July 25, 2018 - Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday held talks with visiting Austrian Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Karin Kneissl whose country took over the European Union Presidency on 1 July. They underscored traditionally close and friendly relations between Austria and Croatia and their strong partnership within the European Union.

ZAGREB, July 18, 2018 - Stormy weather at the beginning of this week completely ruined a makeshift migrant camp near Velika Kladuša in Bosnia and Herzegovina with illegal migrants continuing to arrive every day, local media reported on Wednesday.