Croatian media have reported the emergence of a new ‘Balkan route’ used by migrants to reach western Europe without passing through Macedonia and Serbia. Middle Eastern migrants have opened up a new ‘Balkan route’ in their attempt to find a better life in western Europe after the traditional route through Macedonia and Serbia was closed. This is according to a report by Zagreb newspaper Jutarnji list. From Greece, the new route takes them through Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia.