News in English     | 03.04.2023. 15:53 |

The organized return of migrants from Croatia to the Lipa migrant center continues

FENA Muhamed Sadiković, Photo: Muhamed Sadiković

BIHAĆ, April 3 (FENA) - The process of organized return of migrants from the Republic of Croatia to the temporary reception center Lipa near Bihać continued today. Members of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs and the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina unofficially escorted around 70 people in buses from the Izačić Border Crossing to the Lipa center today.

Last week, more than 200 migrants were returned from the Republic of Croatia to the Lipa center in the same organized manner. The migrants were transported to this border crossing, which is 12 kilometers from the center of Bihać, under the escort and control of the Police of the Republic of Croatia.

The citizens of Bihać, the representatives of the city and cantonal authorities are increasingly complaining about the lack of official and more extensive information about this process.

Therefore, during one of last week's transports of migrants, the buses secured and escorted by the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs and the Border Police of BiH were stopped by members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Una-Sana Canton.

“During that stop, our members received information that the Police of the Republic of Croatia brought a group of 93 migrants to the Izačić Border Crossing, who in accordance with the Agreement on the Readmission of Migrants were transferred to our country, i.e. the area of our canton,” said the spokesperson of the Una-san Police canton Bahrudin Dželalagić.

After that, the Prime Minister of the Una-Sana Canton, Mustafa Ružnić, said that he is still waiting for an official answer on this matter and why hundreds of migrants are returning to Bihać.

“Who is doing this, who allows this kind of entry into the country? I officially requested an explanation from the Ministry of Security and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). All of a sudden nobody knows anything. I openly ask if we will have several thousand migrants in Bihać tomorrow, organized and returned from the Republic of Croatia," said Ružnić.

Unofficially, this process of returning migrants from the Republic of Croatia to the Lipa Migrant Center near Bihać will continue in the coming days.

(FENA) A. B.

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