Dozens of migrants are spending the holiest Islamic holiday, Bayram (Eid), at Sarajevo’s train station, thousands of kilometers away from their families.

For them, the holiday will pass without piles of food on the table, family gatherings and the joint prayer.

“I have to say it is very hard to live without your family. It’s Bayram and all these people here will miss it because they are not with their loved ones,” said Hoseed Al-Moosafi, a migrant from Afghanistan.

He said that he talked to his sister on thursday, who mentioned the holiday.

“I told her, there was no Bayram for me, I’m not in my country. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a Muslim country but I see nothing familiar here,” he said, adding that he sees the mosques, but that he is not happy.

“We want to go to other countries, to France, Italy, Germany. We will be happy when we leave,” he said.

Others echoed his wish, saying all they want is to reach Western Europe.

“We need the borders to Croatia and Slovenia to be open for all Arabs, for people from Pakistan, Afghanistan,” said Ayman from Syria.

“We are here, we are paying for everything, for food, while some have no food and no money, nothing, they sleep on the street,” he said.