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Conditions Deteriorate for Thousands of Migrants Stranded in Bosnia

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Conditions continue to deteriorate for thousands of migrants,
   refugees and asylum-seekers stranded in Bosnia as politicians fail to
   reach a solution to alleviate their plight, the International
   Organization for Migration warned.

   About 6,000 migrants are housed in official accommodation centers in
   Bosnia while nearly 3,000 other migrants, including women and children,
   are sleeping outdoors in Una Sana Canton, on the border with Croatia.

   The IOM said about half of those people are squatting under
   sub-standard conditions in abandoned buildings. Another 1,400, mainly
   single men, who had been living in the Lipa Emergency Tent Camp were
   forced to leave after the camp burned down.

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