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European Official Urges Closure of Bosnian Migrant Camp

Associated Press

   BIHAC, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA - A top European human rights official has
   demanded immediate closure of a migrant camp in Bosnia where hundreds
   of people have refused food and water to protest a lack of protection
   in snowy and cold weather.

   The Vucjak camp near the northwestern town of Bihac has almost no
   facilities. International aid organizations have said it is unfit for
   migrants because it is located on a former landfill and close to a mine
   field from the 1992-95 war.
   Already poor conditions in the camp have worsened further after snow
   fell on Monday.
   Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights,
   on Tuesday visited Vucjak where migrants had spent the night in tents
   braving freezing temperatures. Mijatovic says migrants must be moved to
   a warm and safe location.

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