Gravestones for unknown migrants drowned in Bosnia (Video)

(9 Feb 2024) In several cities lined up along the section of the Drina River that forms a natural border between Bosnia and Serbia, simple, durable gravestones now mark the final resting places of dozens of refugees and migrants who have drowned in the area in recent years while trying to reach Western Europe. The gravestones and a simple memorial for the dead retrieved from the Drina were erected by a group of Bosnian activists who won support for the effort from the local community leaders and financial backing from a Vienna-based NGO.  The effort was a part of the activists' years long struggle to preserve the dignity of countless men, women and boys from the Mideast and Africa who met their end in the Balkan country which is still recovering from its interethnic war in the 1990s. Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home