AP PHOTOS: Concern grows over makeshift Bosnia migrant camp

Braving autumn cold and tough Croatian border police, hundreds of migrants with small children, babies and elderly people have set up a makeshift tent camp in northwest Bosnia as they wait for a chance to move toward Western Europe

VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Hundreds of migrants — including small children, babies and elderly people — have camped out in northwest Bosnia, braving worsening weather and tough Croatian border police for a chance to head on towards Western Europe.

With some of the shelters no more than sticks covered by nylon sheeting, the settlement sprawls over a muddy field near the town of Velika Kladusa, a few kilometers (miles) from the border with Croatia, a European Union member.

Locals say the camp has sprouted over the past few weeks. There's no running water, lavatories, showers or electricity, and a freezing Bosnian winter is approaching fast.

The migrants cope as best they can. They bring water in plastic containers, light fires for warmth and try to keep their tents tidy inside. Some men could be seen washing or shaving, hoping to keep clean in a sea of mud and dirt around them.