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Migrants:media,new Balkan route shows up, via northern Italy

This route seems the easiest to reach Austria and Germany

03 November, 15:57

(ANSA) - SARAJEVO - The refugees coming from the Middle East, but even from other African and Asian countries, are probably discovering a new Balkan route on their way to Western European countries: Greece - Albania - Montenegro - Bosnia - Croatia - northern Italy and Austria, by-passing Serbia and Macedonia and Slovenia, entering Austria via Italy, crossing a border which is considered as 'softer' compared to the Slovenian-Austrian border, which is now far too crowded.

This is what four Turkish citizens of Kurdish origin told the Croatian police, the regional media reported. These refugees were arrested this morning in Plitvice, after a 21-day travel by bus, cab and walking along the 'new route'. According to a travel plan at their disposal, that saw even a Syrian man arrested in the same area last Sunday, these refugees were going to Rijeka, in order to reach Italy and then Germany, via Austria. (ANSA).

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