Bosnia

Bosnia moves migrants into heated tents after snowstorm

Bosnia has prepared heated tents for around 900 migrants, who were stranded in a snowstorm after their camp burnt down. The Balkan country has received criticism for leaving refugees unsheltered.…

4 years ago

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Tonnes of waste pollutes dam in Bosnia

A large quantity of waste, estimated at between 4,000 and 5,000 cubic metres, invades the dam of a hydroelectric power station on the Drina river in eastern Bosnia. One of Bosnia's five…

4 years ago

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Bosnia: Migrants leave burned down Lipa camp in freezing cold

Several hundred migrants leave a camp in northwestern Bosnia, near the Croatian and the European Union border. The "Lipa" camp housed more than 1,300 people, mostly Pakistanis and Afghans crossing through Bosnia…

4 years ago

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Bosnia: Migrants return to burnt tent camp as relocation fails

Plans to move hundreds of migrants from the fire-damaged Lipa camp to new accommodation stalled after protests from local residents. The failed transfer means they're now stranded in the cold with little…

4 years ago

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Bosnia: Evacuation of squalid Lipa migrant camp in doubt

Thousands of migrants in Bosnia-Herzegovina had been set to face winter with no water or electricity in and around the infamous Lipa camp. Officials are now squabbling over moving them to a…

4 years ago

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Fire at Bosnia migrant camp, authorities blame residents

Lacking power and heat, the Lipa Camp was set to close Wednesday. Residents are suspected of setting the fire as they vacated the facility.…

4 years ago

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A life-saving ‘game’: Bosnia trains world’s mine-detecting dogs

For them, it may only be a game, but the work they do saves lives. Dogs trained in Bosnia to detect landmines left over from the 1990s Balkan wars are today sent…

4 years ago

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Bosnia’s ‘invisible’ children of rape demand rights

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, children born to mothers who were raped during the Bosnian war of 1992-1995 are emerging from the shadows. Conceived in violence, they grew up marginalized. Now in their…

6 years ago

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