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EU Boosts Aid for Bosnia to Manage Migrant Influx |
2019-08-20 |
[AnNahar] The EU on Monday pledged 10 million euros in fresh aid to help Bosnia manage an influx of ![]() The money will be used to build new reception centers and provide other services including "food and accommodation, access to water sanitation and hygiene" to the roughly 7,400 Since 2018 Bosnia has become a key transit country on a route funneling The While most eventually manage to continue their journey westward, pushbacks by Croatian police are common, leaving many marooned in Bosnia for long periods. Poor and paralyzed by a fractured government, Bosnia has struggled to provide adequate support. The construction of new reception centers is a contentious political issue in the Balkan state, where the influx of The largest centers are currently based in the northwest, in the towns of Bihac and Velika Kladusa. Bosnia's Serb-run half, meanwhile, refuses to build any reception centers on its territory. In June, authorities in Bihac and Red Thingy officials set up a new camp in Vucjak, the site of a former landfill ten kilometers from the city. The EU refused to finance the center which it criticized for being too close to minefields. Some 800 "We are once again confronted with the increased arrival of |
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