News in English     | 10.09.2019. 14:16 |

Ujić: 19.500 illegal migrants registered since beginning of year

FENA Muamer Selimbegovic

 

SARAJEVO, September 10 (FENA) - A delegation of members of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PABiH) gathered around the European Integration and Security Issues Club, visited today Service for Foreigners' Affairs to discuss priorities of migration management in BiH.

Director of Service for Foreigners’ Affairs Slobodan Ujić pointed out after the meeting that all aspects of the migrant crisis were discussed, especially security issues, number of migrants and their accommodation, situation in the Una-Sana Canton (USC), as well as the institutional response to the current situation.

He reminded that 19.500 illegal migrants have been registered since the beginning of the year, which is about 20 percent more than in the same period last year, estimating that migration is still under control and that the biggest problems are present in the USC, which has continuous presence of 3.500 to 5.500 illegal migrants.

At the same time, about a hundred migrants are reported in Tuzla every day, and when it comes to structure, about 90 percent still relate to economic migrants aged 18 to 35, mostly from Pakistan.

Responding to a journalist's query regarding relations with institutions of the Republic of Croatia regarding migration, Director Ujić said that the return of migrants from Croatia to the 'green belt' was discussed, without announcement and without readmission, and that the BiH Coordination Body for Migration will take a different stance on the issue in the coming period.

(FENA) A. B.

Vezane vijesti

Shortage of medicines registered on the BiH market, but adequate substitutes are offered

Growth of foreign investments in BiH, mostly in metal processing industry, tourism and mining

Croatian Foreign Minister Grlić Radman on an official visit to BiH on Friday

Promo

M:tel: Savršena kombinacija – Huawei telefon i pametni sat s popustom

M:tel: Stiglo nam je Proljeće!

Predstava 'Kako sam se nadala dobro se nisam udala' u BKC Sarajevo