A/HRC/44/42/Add.3 the movement of migrants in accordance with a decision of the Government of Republika Srpska1. The Republika Srpska Ministry of Internal Affairs provides the following clarification regarding paragraph 34. The above data related to unaccompanied minors does not correspond to the IOM estimates or data of the Migration Profile of BiH, nor is the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republika Srpska aware of the 20% children. The Ministry of Security of BiH, Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, comments on one migrant being put in solitary confinement in the immigration center during the Special Rapporteur's visit regarding paragraph 58. Namely, it is not possible to conclude clearly from the report what kind of objection this is and the Immigration Center wants to point out that the person discussed, Abdelkarim Ali (one migrant being put in solitary confinement), is an citizen, and had been placed under the measure of milder surveillance in Usivak temporary reception centre, but because he had physically and psychologically abused his family, he had been transferred to the Immigration Center, that is, he had been ordered to be placed under surveillance in the Immigration Center. Upon admission to the Immigration Center, in the room in which he was housed he triggered an incident that grew into a physical confrontation with his compatriot, allegedly because of his political belief. Given beneficiary's aggressive behavior and in order to prevent a major violation of Immigration Center's House Rules, pursuant to Article 55 (a) and Article 57(2) of the House Rules of the Immigration Center, the interim head issued Decision no. 18.6.2-50639/19 dated 25 September 2019 on placement of the person in solitary confinement for a period of seven (7) days. It follows from the foregoing that the valid House Rules were followed in the specific case as well as every time until the moment of the visit when there was a violation of the House Rules and a more serious threat to other beneficiaries by a beneficiary of the Immigration Center. The Ministry of Security of BiH, Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, comments on the statement that at least two migrants detained at the facility claimed to be minors in paragraph 59. The Immigration Centre admits migrants who have received a decision to be placed under surveillance issued by the competent field office of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs. When interviewing a migrant for the first time, his/her personal details are ascertained, that is, they are taken on the basis of identification documents or, if they do not have any identification documents, personal details they give themselves are recorded. If during the interview the individual declares that he/she is a minor, then the Centre for Social Work responsible for the AOR is notified in order to appoint a guardian to the minor. The Centre for Social Work issues a decision on guardianship and submits a request to the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs for transfer of the individual to an adequate institution. Based on the request, he/she is referred to one of the juvenile centres. Namely, individuals who are placed in the Immigration Centre often use this possibility (to change their identity statement), i.e. after a certain period of stay in the Immigration Centre, they declare that they are minors. In fact, it is an abuse of rights that migrants practice to get transferred to juvenile centres. 1 Website of the entity Government of Republika Srpska, available at: http://www.mup.vladars.net/eng/index.php?vijest=19060&vrsta= 3

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