Jusko and Selimović visit Service for Foreigners Affairs: Enhance security of migrant centers

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Minister of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton, Ismir Jusko, and Police Commissioner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton, Nusret Selimović, visited the Service for Foreigners Affairs today and met with Director Slobodan Ujić and Deputy Director Mirsad Buzara.

The meeting included an analysis of the current security situation regarding the increased influx of migrants in Sarajevo Canton, and operational information was exchanged on disturbances of public order and criminal offenses committed by migrants. Also, the security situation in the temporary reception centers Ušivak and Blažuj and measures towards migrants in the context of COVID-19 prevention were discussed.

Excellent cooperation between the Service for Foreigners Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton was highlighted, particularly through the implementation of a joint operational plan which resulted in the relocation of migrants from urban areas, public spaces, and streets in Sarajevo Canton to temporary reception centers and the immigration center.

Director Ujić thanked for the swift reaction of the Sarajevo Canton police during the recent mass disturbance of public order in the temporary reception center Blažuj, involving over 300 migrants, and stated that order was very quickly established in the temporary reception center thanks to the timely intervention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton. Through coordinated activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton and the Service for Foreigners Affairs, two individuals who organized the riots in the temporary reception center Blažuj have been identified, and measures within the jurisdiction of the Service for Foreigners Affairs will be taken against them.

Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton will continue to work on enhanced security of the two temporary reception centers, Blažuj and Ušivak, which is of utmost importance for the security situation in Sarajevo Canton.

Finally, the need for continued joint action by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Sarajevo Canton and the Service for Foreigners Affairs was emphasized, aiming to preserve public order and the security situation in Sarajevo Canton, in order to protect the citizens of the Canton in the context of the increased influx of migrants.