IOM teams continue working intensivley to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to migrants in Temporary Reception Centres in Northern Bosnia and Herzegovina and support those sleeping outside in the Una-Sana Canton. IOM also continued to provide technical and administrative support to Service for Foreigners’ Affairs (SFA) in the Provisional Camp at Lipa, where 876 migrants were accommodated at the end of the reporting period.

Together with humanitarian partners on the ground IOM worked on improving living conditions in the camp, to ensure that migrants have access to better services. Last week, the work to install four additional tents through the support of the Istituto Pace Sviluppo Innovazione ACLI (IPSIA) started. This will include a tent for dining and a prayer tent for the mostly Muslim population (the top countries of origin include Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Bangladesh).

Furthermore, with the support of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) Lipa will soon have a medical corner on site. The assessment took place last week and the construction work will begin soon. The duplex medical container  from the oidl site will be transfered to the current site, while THW will support with foundation work and connection to electricity and water.

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City of Dispatch: Sarajevo