Migrant crisis
In just a hundred days from mid-September to the end of December 2015, more than 560,000 refugees coming from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other Middle East countries passed through Croatia on their way towards Germany and Northern Europe. Facing an unprecedented migrant wave and drawing on its experience from sheltering Croatian and Bosnian refugees during the War, the Government established numerous reception centres and deployed emergency medical teams, which were aided by a large number of volunteers. The spirit of solidarity inspired by this humanitarian drama also contributed to the Red Cross collecting numerous donations to help the migrants. However, after the agreement reached in March 2016 between the EU and Turkey, this flood of refugees significantly decreased and practically dried up.
