Why Croatia is bucking the eastern European trend on migrants

While the immediate Croatian response to the crisis is admirable, the Croats are also aware that the refugees see their country as a transit zone to western Europe. The ordinary Croats joke over a morning cup of coffee that even refugees would not want to stay in the country whose impoverished local residents, professionals and labourers alike, also wish to escape to the west in search of jobs and a better life.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Croatia to allow refugees passage into EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/croatia-to-allow-refugees-passage-into-eu/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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