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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.
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