At least two migrants drowned early Monday after their boat capsized on the Danube river while they were trying to cross from Serbia to Croatia, police said, adding that the search for others was ongoing. The Danube river is a common crossing point for migrants who are trying to enter EU member state Croatia from northwest Serbia on their path through the Balkans towards Western Europe. “A boat carrying a group of migrants capsized at 6:00 am on Monday (04:00 GMT),” Serbia’s Interior Ministry told AFP in an email. Serbia’s state-run television RTS reported that around a dozen migrants were on the vessel when it overturned under rainy weather. With Hungary’s border to the north fortified by the wall it built in 2015, many migrants are now attempting the western route through Bosnia and Croatia.

Source: Punch December 23, 2019 14:15 UTC