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Croatia: 14 injured in suspected human trafficking van crash

October 3, 2024
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Croatia: 14 injured in suspected human trafficking van crash
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From file: Migrants at the train station in Rijeka, Croatia where every day, around two hundred people arrive by train | Photo: Goran Kovacic/PIXSELL

However, Frontex noted a dip in arrivals in the Western Balkan route from 144,197 in 2022 to 99,068 in 2023, or about a 31 percent drop.

This has led to the closure of some migrant reception centers along the route, a move contested by rights groups who argue it will push people toward equally dangerous alternatives.

Last month, InfoMigrants reported that No Name Kitchen, a rights group, noted a rise in vehicular accidents involving irregular migrants in Serbia.

Rights organizations in Serbia have identified at least four crashes linked to car chases in the past year, the British newspaper The Guardian reported. In addition, a Guardian search of Hungarian media since June 2021 found 20 more cases involving migrants, where police chase or attempts to evade police preceded the accidents.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which records the number of people who die in the process of migration through their Missing Migrants Project, told InfoMigrants that of all 1,209 deaths on other routes to and within Europe — except the Mediterranean Route–documented since 2014, the majority (563) are due to vehicle accidents and hazardous transport.

“In the absence of regular migration pathways, migrants continue to rely on hazardous methods employed by smugglers whose business model prioritizes profit over migrants’ safety,” said Jorge Galindo, the Communications Officer at IOM’s Global Data Institute in Berlin.

Also read: Serbia: Criticism over government closure of refugee shelters along Balkan Route

Shifting policies, shifting migration patterns

International migration consultant Charles Autheman suggests that policy changes will shift migration patterns. Citing the increase in Nepalese nationals entering Portugal, he noted that Portugal’s new policy allowing migrant workers to regularize their status upon entry has contributed to this rise.

Some people reportedly paid over 10,000 euros and even walked from Croatia through Slovenia and Italy to reach Portugal.

He noted that migrants often use various travel methods to enter Europe, combining air travel with land travel and sometimes, even getting by on foot.

“People are not irregular. But they find themselves in an irregular administrative situation that pushes them to precarious living and precarious traveling,” said Autheman. 

Also read: Why are Nepalese shunning Gulf and Asia to work in the EU?

Update: We updated this article on September 11, 2024, to include a statement from the International Organization for Migration.

Correction: We updated this article on September 18, 2024. An earlier version said that the International Organization for Migration recorded 1,209 deaths on other routes to and within Europe since 2014 and that the majority (563) are due to vehicle accidents and hazardous transport. This number refers to all routes except the Mediterranean Route.

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