With winter approaching and thousands of migrants and refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina living
outside of adequate facilities, the European Commission has today announced an additional €2 million
in humanitarian aid. This brings EU humanitarian aid in the country to €5.8 million since 2018.
The EU has requested proposals of new locations to host refugees and migrants from national
authorities. This is urgently needed due to the approaching winter. Furthermore, persons of concern
accommodated in inadequate conditions, such as the Vucjak site, need to be urgently hosted in
appropriate accommodation. According to estimates, there are between 6,000 to 8,000 refugees and
migrants in need of assistance currently in the country, mostly in the Una-Sana Canton. Due to the lack of accommodation capacities, nearly half of the migrants and refugees are living outside of the facilities.
Approximately, 3,300 are accommodated in five EU-funded temporary reception centres.
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