Mašenjka Bačić is a freelance journalist covering geopolitics in the Balkans.

Mašenjka is based in Croatia. She holds a degree in sociology and she is working as a journalist since 2007 in different commercial, public and nonprofit media, mainly in print and also radio and television production on social topics, human rights, cultural topics. Her stories have appeared in Euronews, Balkan Insight, and The Guardian among others. 

Basic information

Name
Mašenjka Bačić
Expertise
Balkans, politics, migration
Country
Croatia
City
Zagreb

Supported projects

The bottleneck of the Balkan route

  • Europe
  • Human Rights
  • Justice
  • Migration

BIHAC - Western Bosnia and Herzegovina is a bottleneck for migrants and refugees who are fleeing across the Balkans. Many of them are caught en route to Northern or Western Europe on Slovenian territory, from where they are being systematically handed over to Croatian authorities in the last year. In Croatia, they are often exposed to police violence. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they finally end up, they are condemned to an interminable wait.

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A migrant from Afghanistan in the camp Bira in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina