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Hundreds of Migrants Freezing in Heavy Snow in Bosnia Camp

Associated Press

   BIHAC, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - Hundreds of migrants were stranded Saturday
   in a squalid, burned-out tent camp in Bosnia as heavy snow fell in the
   country and winter temperatures suddenly dropped.

   Migrants at the Lipa camp in northwest Bosnia wrapped themselves in
   blankets and sleeping bags to protect against the biting winds in the
   region, which borders European Union member Croatia.

   A fire earlier this week destroyed much of the camp near the town of
   Bihac. The camp had been harshly criticized by international officials
   and aid groups as being inadequate for housing refugees and migrants.

   Despite the fire, Bosnian authorities have failed to find new
   accommodations for the migrants at Lipa, leaving about 1,000 people
   stuck in the cold, with no facilities or heat, eating only meager food
   parcels provided by aid groups.

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