Recommendations Following the Visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina on 22 - 25 March and 11 -14 July 2021
Between 22 and 25 March 2021, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Valiant Richey and the OSCE PA Vice-President Margareta Cederfelt conducted a series of online meetings with key anti-trafficking interlocutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The meetings aimed to explore the situation of asylum seekers and migrants transiting through the country and discuss how to address the challenges related to trafficking in human beings in these mixed-migration flows.
On 11 - 14 July 2021, Special Representative Valiant Richey and Dr. Gudrun Kugler, Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Migration, undertook a field visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina to assess the situation on the ground, with a particular focus on the anti-trafficking response in the migrant temporary reception facilities.
As a result of the above visits, the following concluding observations and recommendations have been developed for the attention of relevant stakeholders in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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