One dead as migrant boat capsizes on Croatia-Bosnia border

Migrants disembark from a boat at the port of Kali Limenes, in Heraklion, southern Crete, on February 21, 2026. (FILE/AFP)
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Updated 23 February 2026
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One dead as migrant boat capsizes on Croatia-Bosnia border

  • One man died and several other people were missing on Monday after a migrant boat capsized on a river on the Croatia-Bosnia border

ZAGREB: One man died and several other people were missing on Monday after a migrant boat capsized on a river on the Croatia-Bosnia border.
In the early hours, border police in the area of Hrvatska Kostajnica, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Zagreb, heard cries for help coming from the Una river, a police statement said.
Police patrols and other emergency services rescued one man from the water but found another man dead, police said.
Rescue crews and police were still searching the river for several other people who had been on board when it flipped.
The passengers were migrants attempting to reach the European Union, a police spokesman told AFP without revealing their nationality.
EU member Croatia is a major transit country for undocumented migrants trying to reach Europe through the Balkans.
In 2025, more than 12,500 Europe-bound migrants took the Balkan route, figures from the EU’s border agency Frontex show.
Since 2014, more than 400 people have been reported dead or missing on the route, according to the International Organization for Migration.