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After the fire in the Bosnian refugee camp in Lipa, the migrants returned to the burned camp. Before that, they had to spend the night in buses because neighbors prevented them from going to a barracks.
Hundreds of refugees have returned to the burned Lipa refugee camp after waiting overnight in buses to be transported to replacement accommodation in the interior of the country.
The roughly 500 refugees were supposed to be taken to a barracks in Konjic, 45 kilometers southwest of Sarajevo, after the fire. After protests by politicians and residents of the community, the departure of migrants was stopped. The refugees stayed on the buses for about 24 hours before having to leave again in the afternoon and return to the empty camp.
Camp Lipa caught fire a week ago and was cleared by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). At first, no substitute was offered. Many refugees and migrants were left homeless in the inhospitable area 25 kilometers southeast of Bihac.
Migrants are trapped in Bosnia
The Grand Mufti of the Islamic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hussein Kavazovic, called for better treatment of migrants. The situation is shameful for the country and the rest of Europe. “We don’t treat people in need that way,” he said.
In Bosnia, the anti-migrant mood of the population has changed since the Balkans became a transit zone on the so-called Balkan route. Migrants don’t want to stay in Bosnia. Thousands of them are trapped there because they have yet to cross the “green” border into neighboring EU country Croatia.
