Peter Van der Auweraert (IOM)

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European rights envoy urges Bosnia to act to avoid migrant humanitarian crisis
ByMichael Armstrong January 1, 2021

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A humanitarian crisis was unfolding in northwestern Bosnia where up to 3,500 migrants may end up sleeping rough in cold weather, a top European human rights envoy said on Friday. Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner, said in a letter to Bosnian officials that a lack of action and…

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Bosnian minister: 100,000 migrants on their way to the EU
ByMichael Armstrong February 21, 2020

When the weather imrpoves, some migrants might get on the move, says Peter Van der Auweraert, regional coordinator of the International Organization for Migration. Fahrudin Radoncic, the Bosnian security minister, is warning the European Union that there might be up to 100,000 migrants heading to Western Europe through Greece in the coming weeks. “Our border…

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