INSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA and the employees of the institutions and premises where they were held, meetings with the responsible persons, heads of the institutions in charge of procedures in the field of migration and asylum under the provisions of the Law on Aliens and the Law on Asylum, as well as representatives of international organizations, local and international NGOs. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Migrants welcomed the efforts made by the Ombudsman to provide a humane solution to these problems, including the Special Report on the State of Migration in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the framework of its mandate, aimed at monitoring the situation in the area of migrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ombudspersons paid a visit to the temporary reception center for migrants „Ušivak“ 93. In this occasion they noted some positive developments regarding the legal status of migrants. It was stated that on the day of the visit of the representatives of the Institution, all migrants had a certificate of expressed intention to seek asylum. The NGO Your Rights provides BiH migrants with free legal aid while psychosocial protection is provided through the BiH Women's Initiative. The conditions of stay with an emphasis on children's accommodation, the provision of translators and cooperation with health care facilities were examined. UNICEF and its partner organization SOS regularly conducts various educational and psychosocial activities for children. Children of irregular migrants attend Primary School „9. May "in Hadžići. 94 At the time of the Ombudsman's visit, the School was attended by 12 migrant children 95. A very important role in the treatment of children has the Hadžići Social Welfare Center, which tackles the issue of migration and the appointment of guardians to minor children. This Social Welfare Center assumes the role of the competent center and appoints guardians for minors who are accommodated in the Reception Center "Ušivak" by decision of the Cantonal Social Welfare Center. Example: 96 Ombudspersons received a complaint lodged by the NGO „Vaša prava BiH“/„Your Rights BiH“ on behalf of the minor foreign nationals Y.I, D.B, T.M, H. A, originating from Pakistan, M. A. from Pakistan and R. K. from Iran. The mentioned persons have expressed their intention to seek asylum with the Foreigners' Affairs Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Social Protection Service of the Hadžići Municipal Administration appointed a guardian to the mentioned minors - an employee of the NGO Foundation BH Women's Initiative. Since the minor asylum seekers are accommodated in the Temporary reception Center Ušivak which falls under the mandate of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs and since they possess IOM cards comprising their ID data to corroborate their residence on the declared address, the complainant asks the relevant bodies to accept the request for asylum and registration of minor asylum seekers in order for them to become entitled to their guarantied rights based on this card. After the conducted investigation and based on collected documentation, Ombudspersons issued their recommendation 97 to the Foreigners' Affairs Service and the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and This visit took place on 10 May 2019 by Ombudsperson Jasminka Džumhur and her associates. The discussion was held with the Head of the Readmission Department and the representatives of the International Organization for Migrations. 94 This visit took place on 10 May 2019 by Ombudsperson Jasminka Džumhur and her associates. In this ocassion she had a meeting with the Director and the Expert Associate - Psychologist. 95 Children do not stay long, they mostly leave voluntarily. 96 Ž-SA-05-158/19; Ž-SA-05-159/19, Ž-SA-05-160/19, Ž-SA-05-161/19, Ž-SA-05-162/19, Ž-SA-05-163/19 97 P-160/19 dated 08 July 2019 93 32

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