People on the Move in BiH 2019-2021

Abbreviations.....................................................................................................4

Researchers and Authors....................................................................................5

1. Introduction....................................................................................................7

1.1 Methodology...........................................................................................................12

2. Overview of the situation...............................................................................15

2.1 Reporting on the situation.......................................................................................15

2.2 Main actors and their roles......................................................................................16

2.2.1 Ministry of Security...............................................................................................17

2.2.2 Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees...............................................................19

2.2.3 The European Union and the Office of the EU Special Representative..................19

2.2.4 Coordination Body for Migrations Issues..............................................................20

2.2.5 International Organisation for Migration..............................................................21

2.2.6 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.................................................23

2.2.7 Danish Refugee Council.......................................................................................24

3. Access to accommodation/food and NFI........................................................25

3.1 Vučjak ....................................................................................................................27

3.2 Lipa - case study......................................................................................................28

3.2.1 Lipa 2020: Place of misery and political tensions..................................................29

3.2.2 The place of the “migration management opportunity”........................................32

3.3 Detention.................................................................................................................33

4. Freedom of movement...................................................................................35

5. Access to health care and COVID-19.............................................................37

5.1 COVID 19 and TRCs................................................................................................38

5.2 COVID 19 and people outside of the TRCs..............................................................39

6. Access to asylum...........................................................................................40

6.1 Asylum claims and decisions - the numbers ............................................................40

6.2 Problem of different treatment: refugee status and subsidiary protection...........................42

6.3 Support for the persons granted status....................................................................43

7. People from Afghanistan...............................................................................44

8. Pushbacks, Readmissions and Deportations..................................................45

9. Media reporting............................................................................................46

10. Instead of conclusion: open issues .............................................................48

Sources..............................................................................................................50

Publications.......................................................................................................50

Documents..........................................................................................................51