An Iraqi teenager trapped in Bosnia: ‘I need mama, I need school’

Frhan Hzam from Iraq and his children Hsan and Hubas speak with their mother who is in Germany, in a temporary home in the village near Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Herzegovina January 30, 2021 | Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Thousands of … Read More

Bosnia warned of consequences if migrants not given shelter

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Most of the migrants are from Pakistan and Afghanistan and they include children Bosnia risks “severe consequences” to its reputation if assistance is not urgently given to 1,700 people left without shelter for more than three weeks, the European Union’s … Read More

European rights envoy urges Bosnia to act to avoid migrant humanitarian crisis

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A humanitarian crisis was unfolding in northwestern Bosnia where up to 3,500 migrants may end up sleeping rough in cold weather, a top European human rights envoy said on Friday. Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s Human … Read More

Bosnian minister: 100,000 migrants on their way to the EU

When the weather imrpoves, some migrants might get on the move, says Peter Van der Auweraert, regional coordinator of the International Organization for Migration. Fahrudin Radoncic, the Bosnian security minister, is warning the European Union that there might be up … Read More

Number of Western Balkan immigrants in Germany on a sharp rise

Author: Flickr/Hernán Piñera WIESBADEN – According to German Federal Statistical Office, the number of economic migrants from the Western Balkan countries has risen to 66.000 in 2018. This represents a sharp increase from the same number in 2015, which amounted … Read More

Migrants and Refugees Find Squalor in Bosnia, Croatia closed

A rising number of refugees and migrants heading through Bosnia face dire conditions, their way forward blocked by heavy-handed Croatian police. It was almost lunchtime at a dormitory on the outskirts of Bihac in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina and an … Read More

Balkan States Vow Joint Action to Tackle Migrant Crisis

Balkan countries agreed to create a joint database and develop cooperation in a bid to deal with the continuing migrant and refugee crisis and prevent another major influx of people heading for Western Europe. Ministers at the conference in Sarajevo … Read More