Emergency support to migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

jasmina.ovcina@cisp.ba

This activity aims at protecting the human rights of migrants in transit in Bosnia-Herzegovina and directed towards the European Union.

**Photos @ Matteo Placucci for IPSIA

• Provision of basic necessities (sanitary items, first aid and hot meals) and distribution of information.
• Strengthening of the existing network of on-site services provided by local associations and the informal network of voluntary citizens serving migrants excluded from the formal and official reception and assistance network.

• Outreach and contact with migrants.
• Purchase and distribution of food and essential items.
• Provision of hot meals in the cities covered by the intervention.

• Intercepting and supporting people in need during their migration path through Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Laying the groundwork to prevent major emergencies, such as those that occurred in Lipa in winter 2020-2021.
• Creating functional mechanisms of coordination and collaboration between other national and international actors active in the country.
• Creating synergies with other ongoing projects and interventions.
• Supporting the local population in terms of active involvement in aid.