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The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) on Thursday expressed concern over the lack of a free ride. worsening conditions of detention of thousands of migrants in Bosnia. en route to Western Europe.
Bosnia was spared by the wave of migrants in 2015. But it is fighting to welcome about 5000 people trying to reach EU countries via neighboring Croatia, many migrants complaining abuse. Since 1965, 8,100 people from Asia and North Africa have entered Bosnia from Serbia and Montenegro, including 3,000 in the past month, according to UNHCR. Of the total number of 3,000 managed to move to Croatia.
With only two official asylum and refugee centers, the former Yugoslav Republic is struggling to accommodate migrants. New dwellings are waiting for an agreement between the Bosnian authorities
. Many migrants live in makeshift shelters, tents and dilapidated buildings, lacking running water and toilets, especially in the north near the border with Croatia. Nicole Robicheau, spokesperson of the IFRC in Bihac, said Thursday:
The first aid teams of the local Red Cross of Bihac treat up to 70 people a day. "Many of the people we are treating say they have been abused by Croatian border guards when they try to cross the border," Robicheau told Reuters
. They come with a pain in the shoulder or with scars on the head. Some tried to cross five or six times and were pushed back. "
Croatian authorities denied excessive power relations.
The authorities of Bihac and Velika Kladusa with stretched resources and fearing health and safety risks they would hold a demonstration in front of the government building in Sarajevo next Thursday, unless adequate housing for migrants is not provided.
"The situation in Bihac is alarming and could become uncontrollable at any time", mayor of Bihac Suhret Fazlic said
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