Bosnia and Herzegovina Migration Profile for the year 2014

Sarajevo, May 2015 Supported by: Technical support: Ministry of Security

Sector for Immigration

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MIGRATION PROFILE for the year 2014

Area: 51,129 km2 Total length of border: 1,665 km Total number of border crossing points: 83

Sarajevo, May 2015 2 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Contents 9. EmigrationfromBiH 8. AcquiringBiHCitizenship 5. ReturnofIrregularMigrants 7. Work PermitsIssuedtoForeignNationals 6. InternationalProtection(Asylum) 3. Temporary andPermanentResidenceofForeignNationals 4. IllegalMigrationandMeasuresUndertakenagainstForeignNationals 2. RefusalofEntryandIllegalBorderCrossings 1. Visas II BiHMIGRATION PROFILE...... 4. Consultations 3. LevelofCompliancewithEURegulation862/2007 2. DataAvailability andQuality 1. SourcesandMethodologyforDataGathering, I INTRODUCTION Summary. Classification andProcessing 9.2. Number of emigrants 9.1. Overallassessmentof migrationflows 5.5. IndependentVoluntary ReturnofForeignNationalsfromBiH 5.4. AdmissionandReturnunderReadmissionAgreements 5.3. Voluntary returnofforeignnationalsfromBIHintotheircountries 5.2. Voluntary ReturnofForeignNationalsfrom BiH 5.1. Voluntary ReturnofBiHNationalstowithIOMAssistance 4.4. ForcibleRemovalofForeignNationalsfromBiH 4.3. PlacingForeignNationalsunderSupervision 4.2. Ordersofdeportation 4.1. RevocationofResidence 3.2. PermanentResidence 3.1. Temporary Residence...... 2.2. DiscoveredIllegalStateBorderCrossings 2.1. RefusalofEntryintoBiH 1.2. VisasIssuedattheBorder ...... 1.1. VisasIssuedbyBiHDCMs 5.4.2. AdmissionandReturnundertheReadmission 5.4.1. AdmissionandReturnundertheReadmission Agreements of originwiththeassistanceServiceforForeigners’ Affairs to CountriesofOriginwithIOMAssistance ...... Agreement withtheRepublicofCroatia ...... ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������� 40 40 49 44 39 54 54 54 34 43 34 29 24 24 35 35 33 37 52 32 18 18 10 41 15 31 13 13 13 21 11 11 9 9 5 10. BiHImmigrationPolicy,LegalandInstitutionalFramework ANNEX 10 ANNEX 9. ANNEX 8. ANNEX 7 ANNEX 6 ANNEX 5 ANNEX 3 ANNEX 2 ANNEX 1 10.2. LegalFramework 10.1. ImmigrationPolicy 9.4. Remittances 9.3. Statusofemigrants 10.3. InstitutionalFramework ...... ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 60 86 88 64 84 56 78 70 79 62 62 62 82 74 71 3

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 4 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE reports from individual institutions and agencies used as additional were sources of qualitative information The data submitted by institutions and agencies underwent quantitative and qualitative analysis. Annual Service forForeigners’Affairs, andMinistryofSecurity-BiHBorderPolice. of BiH,Ministry ofSecurity-SectorforImmigration, Ministry of Security -Asylum Sector,Ministry of Security- Sector, Ministry of Civil Affairs - Sector for Citizenship and Travel Documents, Labour and Employment Agency Affairs - Sector for International-Legal and Consular Foreign Affairs, of Ministry Ministry the for are: 2013 Human year Rights the for and profile Migration BiH the defining - Diaspora of purpose the for Decision Security by 31 January for the preceding year. The institutions that submitted statistical data in line with the international protection from within their competences, as well as to submit such data to the Ministry of and international protection and the obligations of BiH institutions to gather statistics on migration and migration on data statistical of structure and type the defined Decision This BiH. in flows migration monitor and Profile Migration the define to necessary parameters the with and competences their with line in tables Council of Ministers Decision obliging relevant institutions and agencies to submit data through 34 predefined updated BiH Migration Profile, instruments for gathering and exchanging statistics were formalised by a BiH annually an and flows migration of monitoring the for mechanism a applying and up setting of purpose the For statistics. migration of area the in practices and standards international and European of overview an as that Herzegovina” and Bosnia for profile included the legal, institutional and organisational framework forgathering migration statistics in BiH, as well a migration defining and flows migration of monitoring the for September 24 on held 2009, and its development was preceded by the “Analysis of Measures necessary to set up a mechanism session Ministers of Council BiH the at adopted was Profile Migration BiH first The 2010 ultimately in the citizensofBosniaandHerzegovina resulted requirements, Profile Migration the including Map, Road the from conditions of fulfilment comprehensive A and establishingbodiesresponsiblefor collectionandanalysisofdata illegal on both data with Herzegovina, and Bosnia for profile migration updated regularly management” - “set up and start to apply a mechanism h anal udtd i Mgain rfl flis cmimn fromthe acommitment fulfils Profile Migration Map BiH updated annually The more comprehensiveinsightintomigrationtrendsinBiH. a with migration of field the in active organisations international provides also document This regulations. and the Ministry of Security with the possibility of developing adequate policies and adopting relevant The aim of this document is to provide the BiH Council of Ministers with an insight into key migration trends, BiH. in flows migration on reporting adequate and timely for system a and statistics, migration processing establish a mechanism for gathering statistical data on migration and international protection, a systemfor to need the from resulted Profile) Migration BiH (hereinafter: Profile Migration Herzegovina and Bosnia The Summary . presented by the European Commission to BiH authorities in June

for the monitoring of migration flows, defining a defining flows, migration of monitoring the for being regime on granted avisafree onmigrationstocksandflows

2008 with respect to “Migration Visa Liberalisation Road Liberalisation Visa and legal migration, legal and 15 December 15 .” 5

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 6 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Observed migrationflowtrends: legal andinstitutionalframework. permits issued to foreign nationals, granting of BiH citizenship, emigration from BiH, BiH immigration policy, work (asylum), protection international migrants, irregular of return nationals, foreign against undertaken illegal and entry of refusal visas, data: crossings,border temporary and permanent residence of foreign nationals, illegal migration and measures following the contains 2014 year the for Profile Migration BiH The BiH The 2014. and 2013 of Migration Profilefortheyear2014wascompiledbasedonprocessedandanalysedavailabledata. period the for flows migration all for defined were indicators comparative and 2014, to 2005 from i.e. period, 10-year past the in flows migration major the for performed was processing needed for the purpose of interpreting migration statistics and trends. Quantitative and qualitative data 1. Visas 4. IllegalMigrationandMeasuresUndertakenagainst ForeignNationals 3. Temporary andPermanentResidenceofForeignNationals 2. RefusalofEntryandIllegalBorderCrossing 1.2. VisasIssuedattheBorder 1.1 VisasissuedbyBiHDCMs 4.2. ExpulsionOrders 4.1. RevocationofResidence 3.2. PermanentResidence 3.1. Temporary Residence 2.2. DiscoveredIllegalStateBorderCrossings 2.1. RefusalofEntryintoBiH number ofvisasissuedattheBiHborder. and issued attheborderannual sinceshows were 2005constant overview trend in decrease the In 2014, 58 visas were issued at the BiH border, which is 37.63% less than in 2013, when 93 visas the numberofissuedvisasstartedanditreacheditspeakin2014. shows constant decrease trendin the number of issued visas, while in 2010 a constant increase in compared35.05% to 2013, when 12,107 issued visas and were the annual from 2005 to overview 2009 In 2014,Diplomatic-Consular Missions of BiH issued16,351 visas, which represents an increase of visa ortemporary residencepermitswere issuedwithadditional measureofdeportation. to 2013 when a total number of expulsion orders was 279. Also, in 2014, 59 decisions to revoke non- The number of expulsion orders in 2014 was 380, which represents an increase of 36.20% in comparison revocations ofpermanent residencepermits. was noted, with 83 revocations of permanent residence permits while in 57 2013 there were As forthe revocation revoked. were of permanent residence permits in 2014, an increase of 45.61% permits residence temporary or non-visa 430 when 2013, to compared 90% of increase significant a The number of non-visa revoked or temporary residence permits in 2014 amounted to 817, which is residences inBIH. permanent approved of number maximum the represents years 10 past the of period the covering more than in 2013, when 713approved andtheannual permanent residence permitswere overview 7.01% by is which 2014, in permits residence permanent 763 granted were BiH in nationals Foreign with theexceptionofyear2011,whichmarksaslightdecrease. since shows2005 aconstant increase trend in the number of temporary residencepermitsissued, more than in 2013 when granted. 9,953 temporary residence permitswereTheannual overview Foreign nationals in BiH were granted 11,022 temporary residence permits in 2014, which is by 10.74% crossings werediscovered. entries illegal (116 189 and 73 illegal exits from BiH) which is a decrease by 17.11% compared to 2013 when 228 illegal border was 2014 in BiH in crossings border state illegal discovered of number The a is which 1,987, was 2014 in Police Border BiH the decrease of4.43%comparedto2013when2.079wererefused. by BiH into entry of refusals of number The 9. EmigrationfromBiH 8. AcquiringBiHCitizenship 7. Work PermitsIssuedtoForeignNationals 6. InternationalProtection(Asylum) 5. ReturnofIrregularMigrants 5.4. AdmissionunderReadmissionAgreements ServiceforForeigners’Affairs 5.3. Voluntary ReturnofForeignNationalsfromBiHtoCountriesOriginwithAssistancethe 5.2. Voluntary ReturnofForeignNationalsfromBiHtoCountriesOriginwithIOMAssistance 5.1. Voluntary ReturnofBiHNationalstowithIOMAssistance 4.4. ForcibleRemovalofForeignNationalsfromBiH 4.3. PlacingForeignNationalsunderSupervision million. 1.9 reached emigrants) BiH of generation third and second (including Herzegovina and Bosnia from countries and Refugees of Bosnia and ofreceiving Herzegovina (MHRR) estimated that the total number of agencies persons originating bystatistical diplomatic and consular missions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry for Human Rights and provided data official available to According BiH citizenship(95.27%). to 2013, with nationals of and being the most numerous among those to be granted In 2014,676 persons granted BiH citizenship, were which represents an increase of 4.16% compared to 2013,whenthenumberofsuchpermitsamounted2,563. issued to In 2014,2,197 foreign work permitswere nationals, which is an of decrease 14.28% compared (asylum) inBiH. number that 2013, in while BiH, in was 100. In the period from 2005 to 2014, a total of 1,270 persons sought international protection (asylum) protection international sought persons 45 2014, In nationals werereturnedinthiswayfromBiHtothecountryoforigin20052014. nationals from BiH to the country of origin through the AVR program, and a total of 1,143 foreign Due to lack of funds, in the past three yearsIOM did not organize a single voluntary return of foreign 2014, and in total 831 of BiH nationals voluntarily returned to BiH in this way between 2005and 2014. With the assistance of IOM, 104 nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina voluntarily returned to BiH in 2013 in that numberamountedto1. while 2014 during adopted were decisions expulsion of execution the on conclusions Five placed undersupervisionamountedto236. which represents an decrease of 7.63% compared to 2013, when the number of foreign nationals A total of 218foreign nationalsplaced undersupervision in were theImmigration centre in 2014, admitted toBiHin2014,whichis20personslessthan2013. Under the Readmission Agreement with the Republic of Croatia, 55 third country nationals were was conducted by the Sector for Immigration of the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina. were admitted based on a Readmission Application, where an identity and BiH citizenship check In 2014,a total of BiH 994 nationals admitted under Readmission were Agreements, 573 of which 169 of total a foreigners, whilein2013thatnumberwas159. for BIH from returns voluntary realized Affairs Foreigners’ for Service the 2014, In 7

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 8 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE protection data; Ministry of Security - Sector for Immigration - data on readmission of BiH nationals and nationals BiH of readmission on data - Immigration for Sector - Security of Ministry data; protection international – Sector Asylum - Security of Ministry persons; stateless and nationals foreign of readmission Affairs Foreigners’ - dataonofforeign residence nationals in BiH, measures undertakenagainst foreign nationals in BiH and for Service border; the at issued visas and crossings border illegal nationals, foreign to Foreign Affairs - data on visas issued by BiHDCMs; BiH Border Police, data on refusals of entry into BiH issued The following institutions, organisations and agenciesdesignated were as sources of data: Ministry of No. 83/09). Gazette” Official (“BiH Security of Ministry the to protection international and migration on data statistical The sources andmethodology for data gathering issue from the Decision on the obligation of submitting 1. SourcesandMethodologyforDataGathering, ClassificationandProcessing Bosnia andHerzegovina. of needs the and standards relevant with line in policy migration defining in as well as immigration, of field the in reports and analyses specialist producing and flows migration monitoring for capacities its of terms developing reports for various purposes. It should be noted that the Unit requires further development in of Security is tasked with producing the Migration Profile, compiling migration statistics, processing data and The Analysis, Strategic Planning, Surveillance and Training Unit of the Sector for Immigration within the Ministry and irregularmigration. regular on data including Profile, Migration BiH the of updates annual regular perform and flows migration processes andanalyses the submitted data on migration and international protection to monitor in order data to the Ministry of Security by 31 January for the preceding year. TheSectorforImmigration gathers, structureof typeand statistics on migration and international protection from within their competences, as welltosubmit such the defined ThisDecision 83/09). No. statistical data on migration and international protection and the obligations of BiH institutions to gather Gazette” Official (“BiH Security of Ministry Decision on the obligation of submitting statistical data on migration and international protection to the At theproposal of the Ministry of Security, on the BiH 24 September2009, Council of Ministers passed a monitor migrationflowsinBiH. and Profile Migration the define to necessary parameters the with and competences their with line in tables Council of Ministers Decision obliging relevant institutions and agencies to submit data through 34 predefined updated BiH Migration Profile, instruments for gathering and exchanging statistics were formalised by a BiH For the purpose of setting up and applying mechanisms for the monitoring of migration flows and an annually enable astatetodevelopandapplymigrationpolicy. to necessary information and data statistical relevant gather to is Profile Migration the of purpose main The preconditions forabolishingthevisaregimecitizensofBosniaandHerzegovina. in the Road Map for Visa Liberalisation under the heading of “Migration management” as one of the The compiling of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Migration Profile (hereinafter: BiH Migration Profile) is defined I INTRODUCTION 9

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 10 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE and LocalSelf-Governance ofRepublika Srpska. Administration of Ministry the and Affairs above Internal of the Ministry Federal with the institutions, line entity from in Decision gathered citizenship of granting the on data submitted Affairs Civil of Ministry The (“BiH OfficialGazette” No. 83/09). obligation of submitting statistical data on migration and international protection to the Ministry of Security and Employment Agency of BiH submitted to the Sector forImmigration comply with the Decision on the Labour the and Sector, Asylum the Affairs, Foreigners’ for Service the Police, Border BiH the from data The for data country oforigin(orbirth),ageandsex,butnotin allcases. disaggregated submit to able were bodies competent of majority The automatic. sufficiently not mostly were obliged to calculate data to be entered into the tables using they received procedures that are not able to obtain data from their records for the tables they in received a simple and timely fashion, but were bodies competent the reasons, these For standards. European by defined as reporting statistical with international migration and protection, of or state the statistical and monitoringthemigration flows with of nationals to foreign nationals and proceduresrelated in BiH,butnot that are fully compliant these records The analysis showed that the majority of competent bodies keepoperativeand detailed recordson foreign deadline. majority of institutions, organisations and agencies managed to the deliver basic data by the assigned An analysis of submitted data ledto a number of conclusions regarding data availability and quality. The 2. DataAvailabilityandQuality crossings, signedwhenCroatiaenteredtheEuropeanUnion. Gazette” No. 39/12) and the Contract between the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina on border BIH” in crossings the for source The information on the total number of border crossings in BIHisthe 2011). (June, Herzegovina and Bosnia of Strategy Management Border Integrated the The data on the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the total length of the state border was taken from compiled basedontheprocessedandanalysedavailabledata. defined for all migration flows for the period of 2013 and 2014. The BiH Migration Profile for the year 2014 was the major migration flows in the past 10-year period, i.e. from 2005 to 2014, and comparative indicators were interpreting migration statistics and trends. Quantitative and qualitative data processing was performed for and organisations used as were additional sources of qualitative information needed forthe purpose of for quantitative and qualitative analysis of the submitted data. Annual reports fromindividual institutions used were agencies and organisations institutions, relevant the by submitted and out filled tables The classification accordingto:citizenship,countryofbirth,sexandagegroup. the Regulation, theabove with line In profiles. migration submitted tables were to competent bodies in the areaof migration and international protection in BiH with of models IOM and UN with line in protection Protection 862/2007 ofthe European were designed in line with European and international standards, and especially in line with emigration of BiH nationals, voluntary return and work permitsissuedto foreign nationals in BiH. The tables the on citizenships, BiH granted on tables create to used was methodology same the Profile, Migration BiH the defining and flows migration monitoring for mechanisms comprehensive a up set to order in Also, 2014. relevant to the procedures and decisions to related the movement and stay of aliens and asylum in BiH in The tables include data on citizenship and country of birth, sex and age structure, as well as other parameters organisations responsible for implementing the Law on the Movement and Stay of Aliens and Asylum in BiH. and institutions above the for intended tables 34 defined Decision the gathering, data of purposes the For the Labour andEmploymentAgencyofBiH-dataonworkpermitsforforeignnationalsinBiH. and Diaspora; the and nationals BiH of emigration the on data - Sector Diaspora Refugees, and Rights IOM-assisted voluntary returns; Ministry of Civil Affairs - data on granted BiH citizenships; Ministry for Human obliging member states to provide harmonised reporting on migration flows and international and flows migration on reporting harmonised provide to states member obliging ubr 21, hc ws asd y h Cucl f iitr 0 My 02 „i Official („BiH 2012 May 03 Ministers of Council the by passed was which 52/12, number

Parliament and of the Council onCommunity Statistics on Migration and International Decision on the determination of border of determination the on Decision Regulation No.

with Nationals. It is, therefore, this Regulation, which was subsequently andHerzegovina” Bosnia for concrete recommendations for harmonisingare provided profile migration the defining and flows migration of monitoring the for mechanism a up set to necessary measures of Given that the “Analysis compared to in foreseen definitions per as annual BiHMigrationProfilecompletedsofar. seventh the represents It 2014. year the for Profile Migration BiH the of compiling the for flows migration of the Diaspora Sector attheMinistry for Human Rights and RefugeesofBiHfacilitated an adequate analysis reports on the work of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs and the BiH Border Police, as well as the analysis of annual from data the and tables predefined the through submitted data The satisfactory. is data submitted Notwithstanding certain shortcomings in terms of the completeness of the submitted data, the quality of the data onBiHnationalsfromcompetentinstitutionsofhostcountries. official on also but estimates, these on partially emigration of analysis its bases BiH of Refugees and Rights records of BiH nationals living abroad. In termsof the chapter on the “BiH Diaspora”, the Ministry for Human Diaspora organisations and associations in BiH foreign countries are only estimates given that these bodies do not keep by and BiH of missions diplomatic-consular by gathered Data sex. and age by disaggregated In the absence of a mechanism for gathering data on the BiH Diaspora, this type of data could not be The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at its 7 Ministers ofBiHforadoption. was 2014 year the for and submitted to theMinistry reviewed of Security forapproval before being to the Council forwarded of Profile Migration BiH Draft the suggestions, and remarks opinions, these receiving development bysubmittingto collect data intheiropinions, order relevant and suggestions. remarks After The Draft BiH Migration Profile was sent to all institutions, organisations and agencies that participated in its 4. Consultations first reference year gathering statistical data on migration and defining for framework a as and International Protection served Regulation No. 862/2007of the European Parliament and of the Council onCommunity Statistics on Migration 3. LevelofCompliancewithEURegulation862/2007 protection. However, for the first reference year, the year, reference first the for However, protection. Eurostat. The Regulation provides the basic definitions and procedures related Migration Profilefortheyear2014. theprinciplesofRegulation862/2007. thedefinitionsinRegulation. for data gathering and obliged EU member states to submit data under the Regulation fair to assume that the BiH legal framework for keeping migration statistics is in line

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 12 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE evident in to 2006, dueto the period from2005 the following countries becoming EU member states: the also is drop significant A in. stickers visa of introduction to due 2009, to 2005 from trend decreasing steady Analysing in the the data presented period, on there is an the numberevident of visas issued by BiH DCMs Graphic overviewofvisasissuedfrom2005to2014 Table 1.Total numberofvisasissuedfrom2005to2014 of thenumbervisasissuedperyearwithabriefanalysisobservedtrends. Based on the information submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, below is a table and graphic overview 1.1. VisasIssuedbyBiHDCMs a visamaybeissuedattheborderbyBiHBorderPolice. Law), (hereinafter: Asylum and Aliens of Stay and Movement the on Law the in stipulated cases exceptional In DCMs). BiH (hereinafter: BiH of Missions Consular and Diplomatic through Affairs Foreign of Ministry the unless he isacitizen of acountry whose citizens a visaforentryinto do not BiH. Visasissuedby require are a As conditions. relevant the fulfils general rule, the foreign national is obliged to procure a visa prior to arriving at a BiH border crossing point, holder the if BiH of territory the across transit or visa the by specified that enables A visaisapermittocrossthestateborder entry into the country and stay during the period 1. Visas II BiHMIGRATIONPROFILE Visas Year 14,801 2005 11,960 2006 12,071 2007 10,139 2008 9,284 2009 9,623 2010 11,126 2011 11,482 2012 12,107 2013 16,351 2014 13

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 14 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Council of Ministers Decision on visas 28 June 2007. The steady continued decrease in the in number 2009 as of a visas result issued of by the DCMs 5 4 3 2 1 Graphic overviewofvisasissuedin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry Table 2.Total numberofvisasissuedin2013and 2014disaggregatedbycountry and the citizens of these countries, with the exception of , Cyprus, , Hungary, , , , , and Slovenia (1 May 2004), entry intoBiH,alongwithabriefanalysisofobservedparameters. issued during 2013 and2014forthecountries whose nationals issued thegreatestnumber of visasfor were visas of number the on indicators comparative present we visas, to related issues current define to order In of issuedvisas(35.05%)wasobservedcomparedto2013. number the in increase significant a 2014, year the For recorded. was visas issued of number the in increase for entry into BiH as per the Decision of the BiH Council of Ministers and entering the (1 January 2007) and their citizens no longer being required to required being procure visasforentryinto BiH aspertheDecision of theBiHCouncil of Ministers longer no citizens their and 2007) January (1 Union European the entering Bulgaria and considerable drop in the number of visas issued during 2008 when compared to 2007 was due to No. Official Gazette“,Official No. 8/08). onamendments to ondefining Decision countries theDecision whose nationals are exempt from thevisa regime uponentry, exit ortransit throughBiH („BiH of the territory Gazette“,Official No. 57/05). onamendments to ondefining Decision countries theDecision whose nationals are exempt from thevisa regime uponentry, exit ortransit throughBiH („BiH of the territory This titledoesnotprejudge the status ofKosovo Council’s andisinlinewith theSecurity UNResolution1244 Decision on visas („BiH Official Gazette“, Official onvisas(„BiH Decision No. 100/08). Slovenian citizens were notrequired into BiH. avisafor entry 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 China UA Emirates (UNSCR 1244) Country 5 1,384 3,162 2013 647 764 563 736 773 317 2,406 2,052 3,617 2014 1,212 548 768 657 857 4 that came into force on 24 December 2008. After 2009, a significant a 2009, After 2008. December 24 on force into came that 214.92% 142.27% -10.73% 48.27% 87.33% 14.39% 10.87% -2.66% % No. 16 10 14 15 13 12 11 9 Other countries Total India 1 5 no to procureavisa longer being required 2 Country , that came into force on 21 July 2005. A 3 12,107 1,929 , that came into force on 2013 346 202 242 128 471 351 92 16,351 2,195 2014 405 290 524 274 169 199 178 83.70% -16.18% -11.88% 55.47% 35.05% 15.38% 13.79% 13.22% 11.25% % received in 2014was16,723.In the pastyear16,351or97.78%ofapplications wereapproved. applications visa of number the Affairs, Foreign of Ministry the by submitted data the to According countries. in the number of issued visas for nationals of Libya, Egypt, Jordan and Syriais caused by riots and war in these A significant number of visas issued to nationals of China is based on their work in BIH. There is also an increase intensified activities on organizing business conferences both in those countries and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. the increased number of visas issued to the nationals was of , Saudi Arabia and China due to significant Also, Medjugorje. to visits and tourism religious for nationals its of interest growing to due is Arab Emirates, Bahrain, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. A large number of issued visas for nationals of Lebanon significant increase in the number of visas issued in 2014 compared to 2013, was observed to nationals of United decrease in the number of visas issued to nationals of India, Azerbaijan, Indonesia and Kosovo (UNSCR 1244). A by country oforigin whose nationals wereissuedthe greatest number ofvisasfor entry into BiH,shows a Analysing inthe 2014 data whenon thecompared to number 2013 ofdisaggregated visas issued by BiH DCMs changes made tolegislationinorder provideamorecomprehensive interpretationof thedata. number of visas for entryinto BiH, followed by a brief analysis of parameters and observed in view of the of the number of visas issuedduring 2013 and 2014 forcountries whose nationals issued thegreatest were indicators comparative the present we border, the at issued visas of situation current the define to order In application oftheLawby theBiHBorderPolice. consistent the and Law, the by defined cases exceptional in border the at issued be to only were visas that network,the development of the legal framework stipulating resulted fromthe development of the DCM of visas issued at the border was being met, as per one of the EU requirements. The achieved indicators been a pronounced decreasing trend and it can be concluded that the set objective of reducing the number Analysing the data on the number of visas issuedat in the border the presented period,since there has 2005 Graphic overviewofvisasissuedattheBiHborderfrom2005to2014 Table 3.Total numberofvisasissuedattheBiHborderfrom2005to2014 Visas (transitvisa)andCVisa(single-entryvisaforshort-termstayupto15days). B visa), transit (airport Visas A issue only can and border the at visas issuing when categorization new the to adhere must Police Border BiH the that stipulated and visa of kind this abolished 2008 May in adopted law new The border). the at issued visa (a categorisation the in visa F-type an was there that except legislation, certain conditions under 36). Thispossibility by previous (Article issue visasattheborder had beenforeseen In exceptional cases, the BiH Law on Movement and Stay of Aliens and Asylum allows the BiH Border police to 1.2. VisasIssuedattheBorder Visas Year 2,049 2005 2006 927 2007 735 2008 684 2009 345 2010 327 2011 248 2012 150 2013 93 2014 58 15

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year mostpeoplewerein the36to59agegroup,asitcanbeseeningraphs below. past the in where group, age 59 to 18 the within persons mostly were these sexes both for that women and (17%), to than (83%) men the to issued for were visas As more (94.74%). that show recorded 2014 for was data statistical structure, of gender nationals for border the at issued visas of decrease significant data for 2014show that the greatestnumber of visas was issued to foreign nationals from , and a In termsofthe countries most frequent of origin of foreign nationals being issued visasattheBiHborder, European Commission. number of visas issued at the border was continued, which is in accordance with recommendations of the the in trend decreasing the Principally, occur. not did border BiH the at cancellation its or visa a of duration 6 2014 for Police Border at theborderfrom2005topresent.AccordingAnnualReportonActivitiesofBiH crossing of visas issuedatborder points, BiH can report on constant in decrease the number of visas issued issued at the all border of which C visas. Given the general requirement and principle of reducing the number visas, allofwhich to 58 C visas.Thisdecreasing trend wasin 93 visaswere 2013 andamounted where to 38%, In 2014, there was a significant decrease in the number of visas issued at the border (37.63%) and it amounted Graphic overviewofvisasissuedin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry Table 4.Total numberofvisasissueattheborderin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry No. BiH BorderBiH Police Border ofBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2014” Sarajevo, 2015, p.18. January 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Tunisia Azerbaijan Country 6 all visas issued at the border wereissued at the Sarajevo Airport. Cases of reducing 2013 6 8 4 5 2 2 2 1 2014 21 8 4 5 3 7 2 2 250.00% 425.00% 100.00% -33.33% 50.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% % No. 16 10 14 15 13 12 11 9 Total Other countries Columbia Iraq India Country 2013 93 37 19 3 3 1 - - - 2014 58 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - -100.00% -100.00% -66.67% -94.74% -37.63% 0.00% % - - - Graphic overviewofthetotalnumbervisasissuedatborderfor2013disaggregatedbyageandsex Table 6.Structureofvisasissuedattheborderbyageandsexdisaggregatednationalityfor2014 Table 5.Structureofvisasissuedattheborderbyageandsexdisaggregatednationalityfor2013 Total women Total women nationality nationality Total men Total men Total by Total by 36-59 36-59 36-59 36-59 18-35 18-35 18-35 18-35 0-17 0-17 0-17 0-17 60+ 60+ 60+ 60+ Tunisia Iraq 19 19 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 2 1 1 Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 7 7 Algeria 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 2 2 Algeria Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 (out ofatotal31) Other countries (out ofatotal14) Other countries 49 38 19 14 11 6 0 0 4 5 1 10 13 8 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 Total Total 76 93 42 27 10 17 6 0 0 7 1 48 58 20 27 10 0 6 0 3 1 1 17

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 18 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Graphic overviewofrefusalsentryintoBiHfrom2005to2014 Table 7.Total numberofrefusalsentryattheBiHborderfrom2005to2014 agreement ordecisiononentryunderspecialconditions,mayberefusedtointoBiH. the Lawon the Movement and StayofAliensAsylumBiH,does not come under an international of 25 and 19 Article per as BiH into entry for requirements general the fulfil not does who national foreign A 2.1. RefusalofEntryintoBiH out ofBiH.SuchpersonsmaybenationalsBiH,foreignorstatelesspersons. crossing Illegal border entails in persons an discovered attempt to illegally into cross theBiHstateborder or not enableentryintoBiH. does appeal an filing but Security, of Ministry the with decision this appeal may person stateless or national to such persons and in line with the provisions of the Law issues a decision on entry refusal of entry. The foreign refuses Police Border BiH the cases, such In Law. the by stipulated entry for conditions the fulfil not nationals and stateless persons attempting to legally cross the BiH state border and enter BiH, but who do Refusal of entry is a measure implemented in line with the Law by the BiH Border Police only towards foreign 2. RefusalofEntryandIllegalBorderCrossings Graphic overviewofthetotalnumbervisasissuedatborderfor2014disaggregatedbyageandsex Refusals ofentry Year 7,758 2005 7,829 2006 6,618 2007 2008 3,102 2009 5,103 3,514 2010 3,830 2011 2,998 2012 2,079 2013 1,987 2014 decisions onrefusalofentryintoBiH,alongwithabriefanalysisobservedparameters. of number the on indicators refusals of entry in 2013 and2014for15countries whose nationals issued thegreatestnumber of were comparative present we area, this in situation current the define to order In In 2014thenumberofrefusalsentrywasdecreasedby4.43%anditamountedto1,987entry. 2007. to comparison in halved than more was BiH into entry of refusals of number the 2008, During 2005). nine of these countries whose nationals required visas for entry into BiH were abolished only in 2005 (21 July from the fact that on 1 May 2004, the European Union was enlarged to include 10 new countries, but visas for ofthese decrease constant been a has increase in resulted,among in as wellthedecrease parameters. Themarked 2005 2004, other things, there recorded, was increase significant a when 2005, since that Analysing the dataon the numberin ofrefusals the presentedperiod,itisevident entry attheborder international airports, while 1 refused entry was recorded at the river border. The reasonsforrefusal ofentry border. at theriver international entry wasrecorded airports, while1refused at 336 border, land BiH Croatia the at 1,650 and BiH, into (51%) entry refused were nationals foreign of 1,987 2014, nationals During (26%). the for entry of refusals of number the in increase significant a was there period, same the In (34%). and (53%) Serbia 2013, October in Federation, Russian of nationals for abolition visa of result a as (98%), Federation Russian of nationals for entry of refusal of number the in into BiH. This trend was also recorded in 2013. It should be noted that in 2014, there was significant decrease entry of refusals of number total the of 75.79% to amounts which (64) Austria and (121) Serbia Turkey(213), In 2014, the greatest number of refusals of entry into BiH pertains to Kosovo - UNSCR 1244 (762), Croatia (346), Graphic overviewofrefusalsentryattheBiHborderin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry Table 8.Total numberofrefusals ofentry at theborder in2013and2014disaggregated by country No. 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Italy Austria Germany (UNSCR 1244)* Kosovo Serbia Croatia Turkey Country 2013 805 258 274 141 34 62 55 35 2014 346 762 213 121 64 38 28 57 -20.00% -53.10% 26.28% 51.06% -5.34% 11.76% 3.64% 3.23% % No. 16 10 14 15 13 12 11 9 Total Moldova France Other countries Slovenia Albania Poland Belarus Country 2,079 2013 307 29 24 14 12 12 9 8 1,987 2014 222 26 24 23 19 14 13 17 2014 2013 -34.48% -27.69% 116.67% 112.50% 55.56% 91.67% -4.43% 0.00% -7.14% % 19

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 20 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 7 Graphic overviewofthenumberrefusalsentrybyreasonandmostfrequentnationalitiesfor20132014 Graphic overviewofrefusalsentrybyreasonforrefusal2013and2014 of visa. The majority of refusals of entry at the state border aredueto the lack of valid traveldocument and the lack of visa. The majority of refusals of entry at the state border aredueto the lack of valid traveldocument and the lack other reasons(1%). and (2%) territory BiH the into entry of prohibition or stay of cancellation , of measure existing on the purpose of intended stay (11%); lack of sufficient means of subsistence, including health insurance (3%); transit stay, entry, for visa through the of territory of BiH or approval lack of stay as per (68%); the Law (15%); inability to document prove or provide information travel valid of lack were: nationals foreign to BiH into BiH Border BiH Police Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2014” Sarajevo, 2015,p.10 January

7 Table 9.Discoveredillegalbordercrossingsin2013and2014disaggregatedbynationality 2014, asignificantdecreaseof17.11%wasrecordedanditamountedto189persons. During 2013, a total of 228 persons were discoveredin an attempt to illegally cross the BiH border. During foreign nationalsorstatelesspersons. out of BiH at a border crossing point or elsewherealong the border. Such persons may be nationals of BiH, crossings Illegal border entail in persons an discovered attempt to illegally into cross theBiHstateborder or 2.2. DiscoveredIllegalStateBorderCrossings No. 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Montenegro Turkey Syria Croatia Serbia (UNSCR 1244)* Kosovo BiH Country 2013 108 37 16 18 17 4 2 - 2014 78 14 13 17 17 12 9 5 550,00% 250,00% -54,05% -43,75% -27,78% -29,41% -72,22% % - No. 16 10 14 15 13 12 11 9 Total Other countries Egypt Iran Macedonia Iraq Albania Country 2013 228 15 7 2 1 1 - - - 2014 189 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 1 400.00% 200.00% -86.67% -42.86% 50.00% -17.11% % - - - 21

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 22 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE were registered away from a border crossing point (border area)”. registered as attempting an illegal crossing of the state border, and 191 persons (138 incoming + 53 outgoing) 2013 “(total incoming and outgoing), at border crossing points, 37 persons (26 incoming + 11 outgoing) were 9 8 Graphic overviewofillegalentriesandexitsstatebordercrossings area)”, (border point crossing border a from away (96 registered were persons outgoing) 142 46 and + incoming border, state the of crossing illegal an attempting as registered were outgoing) 27 + incoming (20 persons 47 points, crossing border at outgoing), and incoming (total 2014 “in , Police Border Croatia andSyrianationals According was observed. to thedatafromReporton the Activitiesof the BiH Montenegro, Serbia, by border state the of crossings illegal discovered of number the in drop significant a in 2014 pertains to nationals of BiH, a percentage slightly lower compared to 2013, when it was 47.37%. Also, and Croatia . Analysing the available data, it has been noted that 41.27% of the total discovered illegal crossings Afghanistan Turkey, 1244, –UNSCR Kosovo Serbia, of nationals are them of number greatest the nationals, According to available data, most illegal discovered border crossings pertain to nationals of BiH. As forforeign Graphic overviewofdiscoveredillegalbordercrossingsin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry increase inthenumberofillegalcrossingsstateborderawayfromcrossingpoints. BiH BorderBiH Police Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2013” Sarajevo, 2014,p. January 10 BorderBiH Police Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2014” Sarajevo, 2015,p. January 13 9 Theabove data indicate a tendency of an 8 while during away frombordercrossingpoints. registered is outgoing) and (incoming crossings illegal persons of number greater of a that number indicate police Border total BiH the of 38.62% was percentage this 2014 discovered in an attempt to in illegally cross the state border while (189). As for the land (228), border, information from the border state the cross In 2013, illegal exits accounted for 28.07% of the total number of persons discovered in an attempt to illegally Border Police tocounterillegalmigration. it can two years,therefore, be concluded that this situation is theresultof activities conducted by the BiH The presented indicators, as well as comparative analysis, indicate the good results in this area in the past indicates thatillegalmigrants mainlyoptforexitingBiHalongthispartofthe border. of in all persons for 49.74% an discovered attempt to illegally out cross thestateborderof the country. This accounts and Croatia of Republic the with border the on recorded was exits illegal of number greatest the entries into BiH and 51% accounts for illegal exits from BIH. According to the data from the BiH Border Police, 94 persons discovered in an attempt to illegally cross the state border with Croatia, 49% accounts for illegal border with Serbia, 80% accounts for state illegal entries the into BiH cross and 20% illegally accounts for to illegal exits attempt from an BIH. Out in of discovered persons 40 of Out BiH. of out exits illegal for accounts attempt to illegally cross the state border with Montenegro, 68% accounts for illegal entries into BiH and 32% to illegally cross the state border was noted (37.29%) and Serbia (23.08%). Out of 37 persons discovered in an attempts in decrease significant a where Montenegro with border state the is analysis the for Characteristic number in2013amountedto14persons. the while attempt, crossing illegal an during discovered were persons 18 2014, in so (28.57%), increasing was along the same border. Also, it was noted that the number of illegal border crossings at international airports land which border, is a decrease of in 20.09% comparison to 2013 when 214 illegal crossings were discovered neighbouring country, it is evident that in 2014, 171 persons were discoveredin attempting to illegally cross the Analysing the available data on the number illegal crossings of discovered border in BiH by type and of border Graphic overviewofdiscoveredillegalbordercrossingsin2013and2014disaggregatedbytype Table 10.Discoveredillegalbordercrossingsin2013and2014disaggregatedbytypeof Croatia Montenegro Serbia traffic Maritime Air traffic Country Total into BiH 2013 164 46 49 56 13 0 out ofBiH 2013 64 47 13 0 3 1 2013 228 103 59 52 14 ∑ 0 into BiH 2014 116 46 25 32 13 0 out ofBiH 2014 48 73 12 8 0 8 2014 189 40 94 37 18 ∑ 0 into BiH -34.69 -45.65 -29.27 -17.86 0.00 % - out ofBiH 400.00 166.67 14.06 -7.69 2.13 % - -23.08 -37.29 28.57 -8.74 -17.11 % - 23

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 24 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE of Departments for Foreign Nationals within cantonal ministries of internal affairs, the Republika Srpska Republika the affairs, internal Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Brcko District Police, respectively, of and these authorities applied different ministries cantonal within Nationals Foreign for Departments of Up until 1 October 2006,matterspertaining to the status of foreign nationals within were the competence compared totheprevious year. the number of issued temporarystay permits can This be observed. increase amounted to 10.74% in 2014 as a mild decrease of 5.78% in the number of issued temporary residencepermits in 2011, an increasing trend in and stay of foreign nationals has been put under the control of authorized bodies. Even though there was increase with uniform intensity, leading to theconclusion that within this period, theareaofmovement order into the area of movement and stay of foreign nationals in BiH. From 2005 to 2010, there is a continuous Good quality legal regulations andthealready established centralised institutional introduced framework Table 11.Total numberofissuedtemporaryresidencepermitsbyyearfrom2005to2014 to whichBiHisaparty,stayinnursinghome,medicaltreatmentandotherlegitimatereasons. a BIH citizen, humanitarian reasons, and on similar grounds or grounds stemming from an international agreement with a foreigner of marriage law common assets, fixed over ownership reunification, family permit, that asylum education, marriage with a BiH national, employment based on a work permit, employment without work and aliens of stay and movement the on came into force in November 2012, temporary residence permits may be issued on the following grounds: Law the to Amendments on Law the to Pursuant national’s passportsextendsforatleastthreemonthspastthegrantedtermoftemporaryresidence. Temporary residenceisgrantedforaperiodof up to one that year, provided the validityof the foreign 3.1. TemporaryResidence within theperiodforwhichresidencewasgranted. border forforeign state BiH the cross to a permit as serves also passport a valid to affixed sticker permit residence The residence orextend togrant decisions nationals. issues Residence is granted Affairs by affixing a residence Foreigners’ permitpermanent sticker intofor the for foreign national’sapplication valid Service passport. or grounds The same residence. the on residence temporary of extension of cases in permit residence of renewals for or residence, non-visa for or Visa), (D visa residence long-term a of expiration the to prior days 15 latest the at disability, of case in proxy legal by or person in Affairs, Foreigners’ for Service Applications or authorised for residence organizational permits are submitted to a unit BiH DCM of the 3. TemporaryandPermanentResidenceofForeignNationals Graphic overview ofissuedtemporary residence permitsby year from 2005to 2014 Temporary residence Year 5,143 2005 5,274 2006 2007 5,513 2008 5,971 2009 7,512 8,131 2010 7,661 2011 8,838 2012 9,953 2013 11,022 2014 permit) during2013and2014. residence of renewal or approval the (initial permits present residence we temporary issued permits, of residence numbers the temporary of issuing indicators of terms in situation current the define to order In Service incombatingillegalmigration. on Movement and Stayof Aliens andAsylum, and especially with the useofoperativecapacities of the Herzegovina by way of a unique approach by all organisational units and of in the treating Service issues foreseen by the Law in Bosnia management migration forForeigners’ efficient more towards made theService was progress of significant Security, of Ministry BiH the establishment within independence the operative with organisation With administrative an field. as Affairs this within issues resolving to approaches nationals ofChina andLibya. the to issued permits residence temporary of number the in increase significant a and Turkey, of nationals comparative of analysis percentage a parameters shows that there was a decrease in the number of temporary residence permits issued to the and number), total the of 61% almost up makes (which Croatia and residence permits,themajority temporaryresidencepermitsfornationals were of Serbia, Turkey, China A comparative analysis of the presenteddata shows that in 2014, out of the total number of issued temporary nationals ofSerbia(2,431),Turkey (1,959),China(1,213),Croatia(1,104)andMontenegro(646). Of thetotal number of issued temporaryresidencepermitsin 2014, thegreatestnumber was issuedto residence permitsby10.74% An analysis of aggregated parameters shows that in 2014, there was an increase in the number of temporary Graphic overviewofissuedtemporaryresidencepermitsin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry Table 12.Numberofissuedtemporaryresidencepermitsin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry No. 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Germany Austria Montenegro Macedonia Serbia Croatia Turkey China Country 2,040 2,360 1,028 whencomparedto 2013 674 539 637 319 331 1,959 2,431 1,104 1,213 2014 646 580 368 361 -16.99% 79.97% 15.36% 19.17% 9.06% 7.39% 7.61% 1.41% % 2013. No. 16 10 14 15 13 12 11 9 UK Syria Libya Other countries USA Slovenia Total Italy Russian Federation Country 9,953 1,045 2013 243 144 218 181 40 82 72 11,022 1,244 2014 202 233 138 210 173 80 80 245.00% 19.04% 16.02% 20.14% 10.74% -2.44% -7.34% -4.12% 11.11% % 25

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 26 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 6,472 or58.72%wereissuedtomenand4,55041.28% wereissuedtowomen. 60 age group (571 men and 410 women). In terms of the total number of issued temporary residence permits, (3,024 men and 2,412 women), then in the 36 to 59 age group (2,363 men and 1,128 women), and in the above group age 35 to 18 the in ), women 490 and men (514 group age 17 to 0 the in women than men more were residence permits in BiH in 2014, we present the sex and age structure that shows that in all categories there temporary granted were and applications submitted that nationals foreign of profile the define to order In number ofsubmittedapplicationswas91.42%in2014. According to these indicators, the rate of granting - renewing temporary residence permits compared to the renewed temporaryresidencepermits. initial ofwhich were permits and5,365were granted -renewed, 4,588 temporary residencepermitswere temporary residencepermits.This is an increase of 10.74% in comparison to 2013 when a total of 9,953 of which initial renewed granted -renewed, 4,725 were permits and6,297were residence permitswere Deciding on applications for granting - renewing temporary residencein 2014, a total of 11,022 temporary Graphic overviewofapplicationsforanddecisionsontemporaryresidencepermitsin20132014(initialissuerenewal) initial applicationsfortemporaryresidenceand5,940torenewpermits. compared 8.50% to 2013, when a total of 11,112 applications were submitted, out of which there were5,172 residence permits were submitted, which makes up a total of 12,057 applications and marks an increase of In 2014,atotal of 5,467 initial application for temporaryresidenceand 6,590 applications to renew temporary permits inBiHduring2013and2013. residence temporary issued persons all of 72.52% for account origin of countries six These Macedonia. and or renewedtemporary residence permits. These countries are: Serbia, Turkey, China, Croatia, Montenegro There is continuity in terms of the five most frequent countries of origin whose nationals were granted initial Temporary residence-applicationsanddecisions temporary residencepermitsissuedinBiH. by grounds, aswelltheproportion of individual grounds fortemporaryresidencein the total number of temporary residence permits issued in BiH in 2013 and 2014 with a special emphasis on 2014, disaggregated of overview an present we BiH, in nationals foreign to issued permits residence temporary on based flows reunification family (1,351), and accounting for (2,066) 94.47% permit of all work temporary without residence permits. work In order (2,521), to (2,174), definenational education the currentBiH (2,301), legala permit migration with work marriage issued of: grounds the on BiH residence in nationals temporary foreign of to majority granted the were 2014, permits in Affairs, Foreigners’ for Service the of data the to According reasonable grounds(41)andhumanitarianreasons (33). other (74), treatment medical on based (92), national BiH a to marriage common-law (369), property real of In 2014,thegrounds for granting temporary residenceto foreign nationals in BiH also included: ownership Table 13.Temporary residencein2013and2014disaggregatedbygroundsforgranting Work basedonissuedworkpermit Marriage withBiHnational Total Education Humanitarian reasons Work withoutworkpermit Other reasonablegrounds Family reunification Medical treatment Ownership ofrealproperty Common-law marriagewithBiHnational Total temporaryresidencepermitsdisaggregatedbaageandsexin20132014 Grounds forresidence 9,953 2,345 2,375 1,377 1,193 2,171 2013 323 39 70 55 5 % u∑2013 100.00% 23.86% 23.56% 13.84% 11.99% 21.81% 0.05% 0.39% 0.70% 0.55% 3.25% 11,022 2,066 2,301 2,174 2,521 1,351 2014 369 92 74 33 41 % u∑2014 100.00% 20.88% 22.87% 18.74% 19.72% 12.26% 0.84% 0.30% 0.67% 0.37% 3.35% 1.380.00% 2014/2013 -25.45% -15.38% 50.04% -8.46% 14.24% 10.74% 31.43% 13.24% 5.99% 7.51% % 27

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 28 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE education andfamilyreunification. in BiH mostly on the grounds ofmarriage with a BiHnational, employment based on permit, an issued work Statistical data from2014show that nationals of neighbouring countries are granted temporary residence the totalnumberoftemporaryresidencepermitsissuedin2014. permits issued in 2014, as well as those issued on the grounds of family reunification, accounting for 12.26% of issued on the grounds of marriage with a BiH national that account for 22.87%of all temporary residence that BiH is increasingly becoming a destination country is supported by data on temporary residence permits fact The property. real the within accommodation appropriate of proof a and BiH, with connection effective an of proof property, real of ownership of proof including: requirements special fulfils also national foreign temporary residence are applicable only when, in addition to fulfilling general requirements for residence, the important indicator, especially if we takeinto account the legal provisions stipulating that these grounds for real property in 2014, despiteaccounting for only 3.35% of all temporary residence permits, constitutes an and other reasonable grounds. Temporary residence permits granted on the grounds of ownership of humanitarian education, for except grounds all almost over issued permits residence temporary of number national, and privateentrepreneurship. It isalso important to note that in 2014 therewasan increase in the BiH a with marriage reunification, family education, of grounds the on issued permits residence temporary trend and a mild decreaseofwe can 5.78%was recorded, indicate that such decrease was the result of fewer becomes a destination country forforeign nationals, and that in 2011 there wasa change in this increasing residence permits, except in 2011 when a mild decrease was marked, it can be concluded that BiH increasingly Given that in the period since 2005therehas been a constant increase in the number of issued temporary Graphic overviewoftemporaryresidencein2013and2014disaggregatedbygroundsforgranting Temporary residencepermitsin2013and 2014disaggregatedbygroundsforgrantingresidence Graphic overviewofissuedpermanentresidencepermitsby year from2005to2014 Table 15.Total numberofissuedpermanentresidencepermitsbyyearfrom2005to2014 ofsubsistence, means regular and sufficient having securedadequateaccommodationandhealthinsurance. having to residence, prior interruption permanent without for years application five temporary an least conditions: at submitting for following Herzegovina the and Bosnia under of national territory the foreign in a residence to granted be may residence Permanent 3.2. PermanentResidence nationals ofChinaincludeworkbasedonissuedpermitandfamilyreunification. and Montenegro include marriage with BiH nationals. The most frequent grounds for temporaryresidence Croatia of nationals for residence temporary for grounds frequent most The reunification. family and residence permits also were issued on the grounds of work without work permits, with issued work permit For Serbia. and TurkeyTurkish nationals, education in BiH is the most frequent ground for residence,although a large number of of nationals for residence for grounds frequent particularly constitutes Education Table 14.Groundsforgrantingtemporaryresidencein2014bycountry Humanitarian reasons Other reasonablegrounds Medical treatment Common-law marriagewithBiHnational Ownership ofrealproperty Family reunification Work withoutworkpermit Education Work basedonissuedworkpermit Marriage withaBiHnational Permanent residence GROUNDS FORRESIDENCE Year TOTAL 2005 196 2006 153 2007 2,431 136 628 445 282 724 232 62 10 13 31 4 Serbia 2008 215 1,959 1,051 304 286 250 62 5 1 - - - Turkey 2009 359 1,213 298 787 122 3 3 - - - - - China 2010 315 1,104 466 220 179 66 52 91 17 9 3 1 Croatia 2011 308 646 299 142 116 65 16 3 2 2 1 -

2012 Montenegro 401 3,669 1,063 650 708 354 239 515 24 61 14 41

2013 Other 713 countries 11,022 2,066 2,301 2,174 2,521 1,351 369 2014 92 74 33 41 763 TOTAL 29

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 30 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE in 2014,476or 62.39%wereissuedtowomen, and287or37.61% wereissuedtomen. to 59 age group (228 women and 123 men). Within the total number of permanent residence permits issued to 17 age group (55 women and 39 men) and in the 18 to 35 age group (156 women and 69 men) and in the 36 than men in the above 60 age group (37 women and 56 men), while there were less men than women women less in were the there how 0 shows that structure age and sex present we 2014, in BiH in permits residence permanent granted were and applications submitted that nationals foreign of profile the define to order In residence permitsissuedtocitizensoftheRepublic ofSerbiaisexceptionallysmall. BiH citizenship moreeasily than those for permanent which residence, is why the percentage of permanent Herzegovina and the Republic of Serbia enables citizens of the Republic of Serbia to fulfil the requirements for temporary residencepermits.Namely, renewed the Agreementon Dual Citizenship between Bosnia and issued tonationals of theRepublic of Serbia, whiletheyaccount for thegreatestpercentage of granted/ An analysis of issued permanent residence permits shows that a very small percentage of these permits were Montenegro, China,MacedoniaandTurkey . The majority of permanent residence permits in BiH in 2013 and 2014 were issued to nationals of Croatia, Table 16.Numberofpermanentresidencepermitsissuedin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry permanent residenceweresubmitted,and763personsgrantedthepermits. of the number of permanent residence permits issued during 2013 and 2014. indicators the present we permits, residence permanent of terms in situation current the define to order In tothe comparison 2014in In permits. residence ofpermanent previous yearthisincreaseamountsto7%. the number in increase significant a was there 2014 to 2011 From 2011. in continuing trend same the with 2009, from period the for trend decreasing evident fortheperiodfrom2007to2010.Thenumber of issuedpermanent residence permitsmarksaslight A continuous growth with uniform intensity in the number of issued permanent residence permits is Graphic overviewofissuedpermanentresidencepermitsin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountry No. 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Croatia Montenegro China Austria Russian Federation Macedonia Turkey Germany Country 2013 138 94 48 30 54 78 28 55 2014 138 86 93 82 28 77 18 41 40.00% -14.58% 59.26% -35.71% -6.67% -1.06% 0.00% 5.13% % No. 16 10 14 15 13 12 11 9 Switzerland Italy Other countries India Syria Total The Egypt Country In 2014, 783 applications for 2013 128 713 18 9 5 7 7 7 7 2014 763 120 10 13 17 11 11 9 9 100.00% 28.57% 85.71% 57.14% 57.14% -5.56% -6.25% 0.00% 7.01% % disaggregated bytypeofmeasureundertakenagainst foreignnationalsinBiH. We present the comparative data on measures undertaken against foreign nationals in 2013 and 2014 the decisionondeportation. of execution the of approval the on conclusion a making by BiH from nationals foreign of removal forcible residence and deportation, decision on deportation, placing the foreign national under surveillance, and non-visa or temporaryresidence,revocation of permanent residence, revocation of non-visa or temporary Measures undertaken against foreign nationals upon discovery of illegal residence include: revocation of 10 Table 17.Numberofmeasuresundertakenin2013and2014disaggregated bytypeofmeasure in therejectionofapplicationforapproval/renewaltemporaryresidence that occasion, they established specific facts in certain cases of attempted irregular migration which resulted of 11.25% compared to reporting period for the year 2013, when 10,813 operational checks carried out. were On inspectors for foreigners carried out a total of 12,029 operational checks in the field representing an increase of regulating residence based on work permit in fictitious companies and similar. In the reporting period, the to realize the order right to stay and to take the BIH citizenship thereafter, as well as discovering attempts asan abuses in the sense of entering into a marriage or common-law marriage with a BIH citizen out of interest in residence oftemporary approval/renewal for applications filed extremely important segment in the counteracting irregular migration, especially concerning for attempts of certain grounds are there if facts the establish to order in field the in checks operational an of out as carrying and the recognised introduced has segment important Service this Affairs, Foreigner’s for Service the of Report 2014 the to According 4. IllegalMigrationandMeasuresUndertakenagainstForeignNationals No. Service for Foreigners’ Service AffairsBiH. of for 2014” on Activities “Report Sarajevo, 2015, January p. 12 6 4 5 3 2 1 deportation on decision the of execution the of approval the on conclusion the of Number Centre Decision on placing foreign nationals under supervision in the Immigration Decision ondeportation Decision non-visa to of revoke or temporaryresidencewithdeportation orders Decision torevokepermanentresidence Decision torevokenon-visaortemporaryresidence Total permanentresidencepermitsdisaggregated baageandsexin20132014 Type ofMeasure 10 . 1,126 2013 430 236 279 123 57 1 1,562 2014 380 817 218 59 83 5 (2014/2013) 400.00% -52.03% 90.00% 36.20% 38.72% 45.61% -7.63% % 31

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 32 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 11 2014 disaggregatedbynationalityofforeignnationals againstwhommeasureswereundertaken. of Below isagraphic non-visa, decisions overview to revoke temporary andpermanent residence permitsin 83 permanentresidencepermits),whichisasignificant increaseof84.80%comparedtothepreviousyear. During 2014, a total of 900 residence permits were revoked (817 non-visa or temporary residence permits and 57 permanentresidencepermits). During 2013, a total of 487 residence permits were revoked (430 non-visa or temporary residence permits and 4.1. RevocationofResidence Herzegovina. of legality of stay and employment of foreign nationals who are engaged by sports clubs in Bosnia and as follows: control of legality of stay of foreign citizens attending educational institutions in BiH and control Support Sector and field offices, greater control action of stays of foreign nationals were undertaken in 2014, Operational the by gathered information available i.e., field, the in observation the by collected information that although the Service performs daily operational inspection and checks in the field, based on operational Also, according to the 2014 Report on Activities of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, “it is important to note go throughSerbiatowardsHungaryandfurtherontothecountriesofWestern Europe. crimes has made the flow and routes of irregular migrations circumnavigate the area of BiH opting instead to agencies on preventing and combating irregular migration, as well as prosecuting persons involve in such the numberof illegal entriesinto BiH byforeign nationals. Also, increasedactivities by lawenforcement criminal prosecution of persons involved in illegal transfer and smuggling of foreign nationals, thus reducing illegal migrants, and the timely sharing of information with other law enforcement agencies resulting in intelligence and information on the organisers of illegal transfers and smuggling of person, the routes of past two years isthe result ofcontinued operative activities by inspectors for foreign nationals on gathering than in 2013, amounting to 38.72%. Thenumber of measures undertakenagainst foreign nationals in the The presented data show that the number of measures undertaken against foreign nationals in 2014 is larger Graphic overviewofmeasuresundertakenin2013and2014disaggregatedbytypemeasure Service for Foreigners’ Service AffairsBiH. of for 2014” on Activities “Report Sarajevo, 2015, January p. 13 11 exclude thepossibilityofgrantingresidence”. to as extent an such to residence granting for grounds the constituted that circumstances in “changes and of BiH or undertakesactivities order violating the security of BiH”, followed without by “work a workpermit”, frequent grounds residence are:“theforeign for decisions national to revoke does not respect thepublic Croatia representing 71.89% of a total number of revocation of residence. Generally speaking, the most The greatest number of decisions to residence pertains revoke to nationals of Serbia, China, Turkey and nationals againstwhommeasureswereundertaken. Below isagraphic of deportation issued in overview 2014 disaggregated orders by nationality of foreign period of1to5years. The measureof deportation also prohibits the entry of foreign nationals into Bosnia and Herzegovina in the but who revoked failed to voluntarily leave the country within the prescribed deadline,and for other reasons. based on readmission agreements, persons convicted of crimes, persons whose residence permits had been crossing the state border or remained in BiH past expiration of the visa or granted residence, Deportation persons issued against were orders foreign nationals mostly because they had violated regulations on admitted measure ofdeportation,andin2013thenumbersuchmeasureswas123,whichisadecrease52.03%. Also, in 2014, 59 decisions tonon-visa revoke and temporary residencepermits were issued with additional 380, indicatinganincreaseof36.20%. During 2013, a total of of deportation 279 orders pronounced, were while this number in 2014 amounted to 4.2. Ordersofdeportation 33

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 34 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE show that voluntary return to the country of one’s origin is promoted and conducted as a more humane and results from decisions by foreign nationals to voluntarily leave BiH of their own accord. Presented indicators removals forcible of number low This foreigners. 5 for made was deportation on decision a of execution of approval the on conclusion a 2014, in and made, on was deportation on conclusions decisions of execution 1 of approval the 2013, during Affairs, Foreigner’s for Service the of report the from data the to According nationals fromBiH. in for voluntary deadline provided the order return. This measure entails the forcible removal of such foreign the within voluntarily BiH leave to fails BiH leave to order executable an with issued national foreign a when Removal of foreign nationals from BiH is a measure undertaken by the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs in cases 4.4. ForcibleRemovalofForeignNationalsfrom BiH was undertaken. Centre issued in 2014 disaggregated by the nationality of the foreign nationals against whom the measure of Below isagraphic decision overview to place a foreign national under supervision at theImmigration placed undersupervisionintheirplaceofresidence. Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) followed by Albania, Syria, , Iran and Sudan. Also, during 2014, 33 persons were represents a decrease of 7.63%. The majority of illegal migrants nationals were of: Afghanistan, Serbia, Turkey, During 2014, a total of 218 foreign nationals were placed under supervision at the Immigration Centre, which Syria, Turkey and Jordan. Also,during 2013,38persons wereplacedunder supervision in their placeof residence. majority of irregular migrants were nationals of: Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), Serbia followed by Afghanistan, Albania, During 2013,atotalof236foreign nationals wereplacedunder supervision atthe Immigration Centre. The agreement, orisathreattothepublicordernationalsecurityinBiH. the foreign national will notthe country leave voluntarily orhas been admittedon the basis of readmission with irregular residence in BiH under supervision until their removalfrom the country when it is apparent that nationals foreign placing of possibility the with Affairs Foreigners’ for Service the providing by country the the of operation The beds. Immigration Centre created important preconditions for a secure system of deporting foreign nationals from 120 to extended was Centre Immigration the of capacity accommodation the Centre building with 80 beds wasopened on Having 23 November 2009. opened a new solid-building facility, enabling the implementation of measure to place foreign nationals under supervision. The new Immigration the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs had an initial capacity of 40 beds and became operational on 30 June 2008, supervision and the foreign national is removed to the Immigration Centre. The Immigration Centre run by the Movement and Stay of Aliens and Asylum whereby adecision is issuedto place the foreign national under on Law the by stipulated provisions the on based measure a is supervision under nationals foreign Placing 4.3. PlacingForeignNationalsunderSupervision must havecomeintoforce. readmission agreement with the country to which the foreign national is being and the agreement removed a have must Herzegovina and Bosnia that meaning available, are agreements readmission if effective cost more and quicker easier, is nationals foreign of Removal removal. forcible to compared procedure effective was asignificantincrease whenthisnumberishalvedcomparedto2013. there 2014 In nationals. BIH returned of number the in 137.5% of increase significant a was there 2013 in and BiH nationals returning to Bosnia and Herzegovina in this manner. Since 2008 this trend has been increasing, show a steadydecline in to 2008 the number to 2014,andthepresenteddataforperiod from2005 of 2005 831 BiH nationals voluntarily returned to Bosnia and Herzegovina with the assistance of IOM programs from Graphic overviewofthenumberreturnedBiHnationalswithIOMassistancefrom2005to2014 Table 18.Total numberofBiHnationalsreturnedtowithIOMassistancefrom20052014 for thisfiled. Programs of voluntary return were implemented primarily through IOM and IOM is the source of information Bosnia and Herzegovina participated in programs of voluntary return of BiH nationals form othercountries. 5.1. VoluntaryReturnofBiHNationalstowithIOMAssistance ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ The Returnofirregularmigrantsprovidesinformationandanalysisbasicparametersinthefieldsof: 5. ReturnofIrregularMigrants Persons Year Independent voluntaryreturnofforeignnationalsfromBiH. Readmission andreturnbasedonreadmissionagreements, Foreigners’ Affairs, Voluntary return of foreigners from BIH to countries of origin with the assistance of the Service for Voluntary returnofforeignnationalsfromBiHtocountriestheiroriginwiththehelpIOM, Migration (IOM), Voluntary return of BiH nationals with the assistance and help of the International Organisation for 2005 101 2006 54 2007 28 2008 16 2009 73 2010 87 2011 71 2012 88 2013 209 2014 104 TOTAL 831 35

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 36 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE they returned Graphic overview of number of BiH nationals who voluntarily returned from 2005 to by country 2014 disaggregated from which Belgium (28%). returns fromallothercountries accounted Most for 9%. returns of BiH nationals from registered in 2014 were such while (7%), Norway (8%), Canada (9%), (13%), Belgium (14%), Netherlands The by followed (41%), the assistance to 2014 shows that of IOMfrom2005 the majority of returnstookplace from Switzerland An analysis of the above data by country from which BiH nationals have voluntarily returned to BiH with Table 19.NumberofBiHnationalswhovoluntarilyreturnedwithIOMassistance No. 16 14 10 15 17 13 12 11 9 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 The Netherlands Montenegro Switzerland Macedonia COUNTRY Hungary Slovenia Belgium Norway Albania Finland Croatia Canada Austria Egypt Total Italy UK 2005 101 57 18 6 6 8 4 1 1 ------2006 54 27 9 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 ------2007 28 15 12 1 ------2008 16 4 2 7 1 1 1 ------2009 56 73 8 3 5 1 ------2010 87 76 4 3 2 1 1 ------2011 20 33 71 6 4 7 1 ------2012 88 28 18 16 19 5 1 1 ------2013 209 34 24 25 61 41 13 3 7 1 ------2014 104 29 24 25 5 5 5 7 1 1 1 1 ------Total 340 831 105 114 66 56 72 16 13 17 6 6 9 4 3 2 1 1 Graphic overviewofnumberforeignnationalswhoreturnedfromBiHwithIOMassistance2005to2014 Table 20.Total numberofforeignnationalswhoreturnedfromBiHwithIOMassistance2005to2014 Voluntary Return”programme(hereinafter:AVR) implementedbyIOM. but lack themeans to doso,theycan use IOMassistance and implement their returnunderthe“Assisted withstatus dealing the voluntary implementation of the decision. In cases when foreign nationals wish to leave BiH voluntarily, procedures alladministrative an and asylum issues of foreign nationals in BiH, in cases when a foreign national needs to leave BiH, sets a deadline for immigration of field the in Legislation 5.2. VoluntaryReturnofForeignNationalsfromBiHtoCountriesOriginwithIOMAssistance under thisprogramwerefromthebelow35agegroup(64%). In 2014, 104 BiH nationals voluntarily returned to BiH, 61 of those men and 43 women. The majority of persons Graphic overviewofnumberBiHnationalsreturningwithIOMassistancein2014disaggregatedbyageandsex Persons Year 2005 244 2006 58 2007 233 2008 28 2009 153 2010 254 2011 173 2012 0 2013 0 2014 0 TOTAL 1,143 37

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 38 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Table 21.ReturnofforeignnationalsfromBiHthroughtheAVR programme disaggregatedbyyearandcountryofreturn 1244), Albania,Turkey andMacedonia. An analysis of the data over the years shows a steady return of nationals of Serbia (including Kosovo – UNSCR organize asinglevoluntaryreturnfromBIHthroughtheAVR programmeinthepastthreeyears. needs to be stressed that a decline of approximately 32% was noted in 2011. Due to a lack of funds IOM did nit AVR programme. The number of beneficiaries of the AVR programme increased again in 2009 and 2010, but it Westernto migratetowards European countries. was aresultoflackfunds The declinein for the 2008 through returned AVR programmeonly if thereisclearevidencethat the foreign national was attempting funds for the AVR programme and its implementation procedures underwhich a foreign national could be The declinein noted inthenumber 2006 and2008.ofreturnsin 2006 wasaconsequence of thelackin be can returns of number the in decline significant a period this During BiH. from returned were nationals programs. The presenteddata show that this form of returnreachedits peak in 2010 when 254 foreign 1,143 foreign nationals from BiH to returned their countries were of origin to 2014 through from 2005 IOM No. 20 22 14 18 10 16 19 12 15 13 21 17 11 8 4 9 6 2 5 3 7 1 Andorra Ukraine India Russian Federation Iran Montenegro Romania China Tunisia Sri Lanka Algeria Jordan Moldova Macedonia (incl. KosovoUNSCR1244) Serbia Pakistan FR Yugoslavia Turkey Albania COUNTRY Total 2005 244 125 91 17 4 2 5 ------2006 58 36 15 2 2 3 ------2007 233 136 70 13 11 2 1 ------2008 28 18 9 1 ------2009 153 68 52 10 12 3 5 1 1 1 ------2010 254 132 84 14 11 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 ------2011 135 173 23 4 2 2 2 - - 1 1 1 1 1 ------2012 0 ------2013 0 ------2014 0 ------Total 1,143 434 541 67 55 4 4 4 6 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 Table 22. Number of voluntary returns of foreigners from BIH organised by the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs in 2013 and 2014 and 2013 in Affairs Foreigners’ for disaggregated bycountry Service the by organised BIH from foreigners of returns voluntary of Number 22. Table return ofatotal159persons. In 2013, the Service for Foreigner’s Affairs organised voluntary return and carriedout independent voluntary cancellation ofstaytoexpulsion(4%)andduethevisa-freeregime(2%). by followed (94%), expulsion on decision the main of adoption the The is Herzegovina and (SDC). Bosnia leaving Agency for reason Cooperation and Development Swiss the through of Government the and Confederation Swiss the of Government the by financed migrants”, illegal of return voluntary and region the and BIH in migrations illegal of “Prevention project the of implementation the through persons 169 of total a of return voluntary a organised Affairs Foreigners’ for Service the 2014 In return. voluntary organised a Affairs Foreigners’ for Service the that emphasize to important is it IOM, of assistance the with Due to the fact that in the past three yearstherewas no AVR program for the return of foreigners from BIH assistance oftheServiceforForeigners’Affairs 5.3. VoluntaryreturnofforeignnationalsfromBIHintotheircountriesoriginwiththe Graphic overviewofnumber ofreturned foreignnationalsfromBiH2005to2014disaggregatedbycountry ofreturn No. 16 10 14 15 13 17 12 11 6 8 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Serbia (UNSCR 1244) Kosovo Albania Turkey Austria Montenegro Croatia Pakistan Egypt Afghanistan Russian Federation Moldova Ghana Ukraine Sri Lanka Djibouti China Country 2013 49 56 10 15 4 4 2 1 1 1 ------2014 32 27 41 11 8 6 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 No. 30 20 26 28 29 24 33 25 23 32 27 22 18 19 31 21 Iraq Libya Slovenia Germany Macedonia Switzerland Romania Tunisia Italy Jordan Algeria Congo DR Iran Bulgaria UK Total Country 2013 159 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------2014 169 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - 39

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 40 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE verification of the identity and citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted by Sector for Immigration for Sector by conducted Herzegovina, and Bosnia of citizenship and identity the of verification An analysis of presented data indicates that on the basis of readmission agreements under which the Table 23-AdmissionofCitizensBosniaandHerzegovinain2013 2014basedonreadmissionrequests between theCouncilofMinistersBosniaandHerzegovina andtheGovernmentofGermany(68.76%). readmissions of nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina was realizedthrough the Readmission Agreement fact that those persons had not been nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2014, the largest number of readmission was approved for397persons. Also, 110 requests forreadmission declined dueto the were who were nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina, representing an increase of 44.33% compared to 2013 when requests. Afterthe check up of their identity and nationality, the readmission was approved for 573 persons agreements into the nationals the partreferring of Bosnia 683 readmission and Herzegovina, received readmission the implementation of of charge in is that Immigration Sector – Security of Ministry the 2014, In 5.4.1. AdmissionandReturnundertheReadmissionAgreements and nationals thirdcountry of theadmission for responsible stateless persons,aswellreturnfromBiH. is Affairs Foreigners’ for Service the while BiH nationals concerning the segment of readmission agreements, i.e. for identity and citizenship checks, of admissions the of implementation the for responsible is Immigration for Sector – Security of Ministry The the territoryofonesignatorytoanothersignatory. from left illegally who persons stateless or nationals country third of return the expedite and facilitate also no residence permit in another state that is a party to the readmission agreement. Readmission agreements Readmission agreements facilitate and expedite the return of nationals of signatory countries who reside with 5.4. AdmissionandReturnunderReadmissionAgreements and 2014 Graphic overview of the number of voluntary returns of foreigners from BIH organised by the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs in 2013 No 6 8 4 5 3 7 2 1 Germany Belgium Sweden Slovenia Croatia Switzerland The Netherlands France Country 2013 114 50 70 75 31 9 7 1 2014 394 26 42 37 19 19 12 7 No 12 16 10 14 15 13 11 9 Spain Austria Montenegro Italy Albania Serbia Macedonia Denmark Total Country 2013 397 24 6 5 3 1 1 - - 2014 573 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 - residence areillegal,aswellaSyriannationalfromAustria. and the Government of the Swiss Confederation on the return and readmission of persons whose entry and residence is illegal, 2 aliens (including one minor) under the Agreement between the BiH Council of Ministers Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatian Government on the returnandreadmission of persons whose entry or in the reporting period: 55aliens based on the Readmission Agreement betweentheCouncil of Ministers of that a total number of 58 aliens out of which one minor were admitted based on the readmission agreements Comparative analysis of data from the report of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs and BiH Border Police shows whereas 421BiHcitizenswereadmittedwithoutsubmittingtherequestforreadmission. in the regular procedureon the basis of requests forreadmission, admission was approved for573 persons, sources shows that out of total number of BiH citizens based on who returned readmission were agreements out of which on 994 the basis of Readmission Agreement country, the to returned were citizens BiH 1,102 , 2014 for Police Border BiH the of Activities on Report the of the Ministry ofSecurity,573 citizens of Bosnia According and Herzegovinareadmitted. to were data from 14 13 12 Graphic overviewofthenumberadmissionthirdcountrynationalstoBiHunderAgreementwithCroatia Table 24.AdmissionofthirdcountrynationalsundertheReadmissionAgreementwithRepublicCroatia in BiH to nationals accordance withtheReadmissionAgreementRepublicofCroatiaispresentedbelow. country third of admission the Police, Border BiH the from obtained data to according parameter, abovementioned the presenting of purpose the For entry. illegal or legal both on based BiH to Croatia and countries of Western Europe through the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, having come migration, primarily in the area of admission of third-country nationals who had entered the Republic of The readmission agreement with the Republic of Croatia is one of the parametersusedto monitor illegal persons whoillegallywenttoCroatiafromtheterritoryofBosniaandHerzegovina. same basis” from other countries into the Republic of Croatia, as well as third-country nationals or stateless reside without residence permits in the Republic of Croatia as well as persons who are returned “on the number of persons is the Agreement with the Republic of Croatia, both when it comes to BiH citizens who The Readmission Agreement through which Bosnia and Herzegovina continuously admits the greatest 5.4.2. AdmissionandReturnundertheReadmissionAgreementwithRepublicofCroatia on thebasisofAgreementbetweenBiHCouncilMinistersandGovernmentBulgaria. Council of Ministers on the returnandreadmission of persons whose entry orresidence isillegal and 1person residence is illegal, 1 person on the basis of the Agreement between the Croatian Government and the BiH Government of the Republic of Montenegro on the return and readmission of persons whose entry or residence areillegal, 9 persons on the basis of Agreement betweentheBiHCouncil of Ministers and the and theGovernment of theRepublic of Serbiaon the returnandreadmission of persons whose entry and out of which on handed over the basis 46 persons were of the AgreementbetweenCouncil of Ministers As for the transfer of persons on the basis of readmission agreements, a total of 57 persons were admitted, Admission ofpersonsinBiH BiH Service for Foreigner’s Service BiH Affairs . for Service Foreigner’sBiH ofthe on Activities “Report Affairs for2014” Sarajevo, 2015, January p.20 Border BiH Police. Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2014” Sarajevo, 2015, p. January 14 BiH Border BiH Police. Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2014” Sarajevo, 2015,p. January 16 Year 2005 170 2006 174 2007 240 2008 248 12 13 . Comparativeanalysis of data from available 2009 122 2010 119 2011 88 2012 75 2013 75 14 2014 55 41

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 42 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 16 15 that BIHisstillatransitregion fromtheterritoryofRepublicSerbiatowards theRepublicofCroatia. nationals of Turkey. Thepresentedstatistical data on readmission and handover of foreign nationals show of admission the in increase slight a also but 2013, in Croatia with Agreement Readmission the under 1244), An analysis of the presented data shows a significant decrease in the admission of nationals of Kosovo (UNSCR Graphic overviewoftheadmissionthirdcountrynationalsinBiHunderAgreementwithCroatia2013and2014 Table 25.AdmissionofthirdcountrynationalsundertheReadmissionAgreementwithCroatiafor2013and2014 Croatian citizensandonefromKosovo(UNSCR1244) Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina handed over6persons to Croatia, of which 5 of them were According to data admitted out from 2013,194persons of were which 75 foreign nationals and 119citizens of with theRepublicofCroatia. entered Croatia through the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the Readmission Agreement The BiH Border Police regularly reports on the admission of persons whose residence is illegal or who illegally and 2014. 2013 for overview data comprehensive for source key a as used been have Police Border BiH the of Reports authorities puttheimmigrationareaundersubstantialcontrolandachievedremarkableresults. there period this After 2008. to 2005 from has been aconstant downward trenduntil it can 2014. Therefore, be concluded that the BiHcompetent period the in growth significant a shows Croatia, of Republic Analysis of the admission trend of third countries nationals under the Readmission Agreement with the a decreaseof27.84%. amounted to 140 (out of which 55 foreign citizens and 85 nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina) representing Number of the persons admitted undertheAgreementon Readmission with the Republic of Croatia in 2014, No. BiH Border BiH Police. Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2014” Sarajevo, 2015,p. January 14 Border BiH Police. Border oftheBiH Police onActivities “Report for 2013” Sarajevo, 2014,p. January 10 6 4 3 5 7 2 1 Albania Turkey Sri Lanka (UNSCR 1244) Kosovo Serbia Ukraine Country 16 2013 35 14 12 4 - - - 2014 17 17 12 3 2 1 1 -25.00% -51.43% 21.43% 0.00% % - - - 15 . No. 10 14 13 12 11 8 9 Bangladesh Montenegro Pakistan Macedonia Algeria Russian Federation Iraq Total Country 2013 75 6 1 1 1 1 - - 2014 55 1 1 - - - - - 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -26.67% % - - Albania, Syria andAfghanistan. Romania, of citizens of returns of number the in decrease and 1244) UNSCR - Kosovo (including Serbia and is an There evident increase in the number of returns of citizens of Turkey, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia Table 26.NumberofalienswhoindividuallyleftBiHwithindeadlineforvoluntarydeparturein2013and2014 BiH left individually within thedeadlineforleavingBiHin2014amountedto1,492persons. who nationals foreign of number the Affairs, Foreigners’ for Service the to According voluntary for departure from the territoryofBiHand who returned totheir countries oforigin within deadline the fixed deadline. a granted were and/or Affairs Foreigner’s for Service the by issued decision on based territory BiH the leave to ordered were who foreigners all on data the include they departure”; voluntary for accordance with data kept by the SFA called “aliens who individually left Bosnia and Herzegovina within deadline Independent voluntary returns ofaliens fromBosnia and Herzegovina overthe pastperiodarepresented in 5.5. IndependentVoluntaryReturnofForeignNationalsfromBiH No. 30 36 26 28 20 34 29 24 35 33 25 23 32 27 22 18 16 10 19 14 15 13 31 17 12 21 11 6 8 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Germany China Macedonia Montenegro Croatia Turkey Serbia (incl.Kosovo-UNSCR1244) USA Italy Poland Austria Slovenia Hungary Romania Russian Federation Albania The Netherlands Libya India Egypt Czech Republic Jordan Afghanistan Ukraine Syria Tunisia UA Emirates Philippines Belgium Armenia Great Britain Bulgaria Country 2013 319 63 38 38 20 27 16 31 15 15 13 6 6 8 4 4 4 5 3 3 7 1 1 1 ------2014 409 245 131 311 80 56 39 25 16 15 13 17 17 6 6 6 6 8 9 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 No. 60 66 40 68 46 69 48 49 64 44 50 56 38 39 58 65 59 63 45 54 43 67 62 70 47 42 55 53 37 57 52 72 61 41 51 71

Azerbaijan Algeria Republic of Korea Japan Columbia Canada Luxembourg Sweden Moldova Morocco Stateless Switzerland Saudi Arabia Congo Kyrgyzstan Denmark Cameroon Iran Finland Lithuania Lebanon Pakistan Palestine Slovakia Sri Lanka Total Country 2013 695 8 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------1,492 2014 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------43

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 44 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 18 17 2006, UNHCRrecognised refugeestatusto211persons (2004-41persons, 2005-163 persons, 2006-7persons) applications for asylum received by 30 June 2004 in accordance with UNHCR procedures until 2006. From 2004 to for asylumreceivedby30June 2004 in accordance with UNHCRprocedures until 2006.UNHCRdecidedupon all Herzegovina weresubmittedtothe Ministry ofSecurity-Sectorfor Asylum.UNHCRdecidedupon allapplications for requests i.e. applications, asylum on data the international protection present (asylum) from we 2005 to asylum, 2014. of Over that field period of the time , in applications trends for asylum identify in Bosnia to and order In Herzegovina andinternationallawtowardsresolvingthefinalstatusofsuchforeignnationals. and ministries the Council of Ministers, shall undertake all measures necessary under the law and regulations of Bosnia and other Security, of Ministry the with cooperation in Affairs, Foreigners’ for Service The Law. peaceor andsecurity ofBosnia order, and Herzegovina, in accordance through with Articles 98 104 of the shall place under surveillance any foreign national to who pose a threattothepublic is deemed legal order, (Temporary Residence on Humanitarian Grounds shall issue to the foreigner a temporary residence permit on humanitarian grounds pursuant to Article 54 “non-refoulement”) of of Bosnia from theterritory and Herzegovina for thereasonsprescribedin Article 91ofthis Law (the principle protection or rejecting the application for international protection, but who nevertheless cannot be removed international for upon the application for international protection) request whose and remedies legal available protection/asylum was all rejected by a exhausted final and binding has decision passed in accordance who with Article 116 national (Decisions foreign A f) e) d) c) b) a) taken bythefirstinstanceauthorityuponapplicationforinternationalprotectionmaybeasfollows: be grantedinternational protection, the principle of “non-refoulement” is also deliberated upon. Decisions institution of second instance, which deliberates complaints and appeals. In deciding whether an applicant will is theMinistry ofSecurity-SectorforAsylum,whereastheCourtBosnia and Herzegovina the represents instance first of institution The laws. BiH by governed now is process (asylum) protection international The 2004. July 1 on process application (asylum) protection international the of control full took authorities BiH until 30June2004. UNHCR, acting in accordance with and UNHCR procedures, received decided upon applications for asylum 6. InternationalProtection(Asylum) refugees). mandate 4 and Security of Ministry by issued cards had who refugees (6 Canada to moved persons In 2014UNHCRhas also implemented projects moving people to third countries and as 10 a result there were Asylum) recognised refugee statusto15individuals, and for66persons subsidiary protection wasgranted. for Sector - Security of (Ministry Herzegovina and Bosnia of authorities competent period, this During BiH. in asylum sought persons 1,270 applications, 598 these Under (asylum). protection international for applications 598 received Herzegovina and Bosnia of authorities competent the 2014, December 31 to 2005 January 1 From UNHCR Annual Report 2014 UNHCRAnnual Report Atotal of390personswere recognised ashaving refugee status by UNHCRintheperiodfrom 1999to 2006. 30June not beremovedfromBiHduetoprovisionofArticle91(“non-refoulement”principle)thisLaw. The application for international protection that and itisdetermined the foreign is refused national may by whichhe/shemustleaveBosniaandHerzegovina;or The application for international protection (asylum) is refused and the foreign national is given a deadline by whichhe/shevoluntaryleavesBosniaandHerzegovina; The procedure for international protection (asylum) is ceased and the a foreign national is given a deadline given is national foreign the and rejected deadline bywhichhe/shevoluntaryleavesBosniaandHerzegovina; is (asylum) protection international for application The the righttosubsidiaryprotectionisgranted; and recognised, not is status refugee approved, is (asylum) protection international for application The foreign a national isrecognisedinBosniaandHerzegovina; of status refugee the and approved, is (asylum) protection international for application The 18

, shall come under the authority of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs. The Service The Affairs. Foreigners’ for Service the of authority the under come shall , ) paragraph (1) Item d) of this Law. Exceptionally, the Service Items c) and f) terminating the procedure for international for procedure the terminating f) and c) Items 17 . In 2014,thenumberofasylum internationalprotection(asylum)seekersdecreased againfor55.00% war inthatarea. Republicbecauseofthe inflow of nationals theSyrianArab greater from of a result a in 2012.Thisincreaseis persons 53 for to compared applied persons who 100 persons to amounting of 88.68% by number increased (asylum) the protection international whereas applications), 73 in to BiH 40 in (from (asylum) 2012 protection to compared international as for 2013 applications of number the in increase an been has There in mostofthecases. applications for asylum/international protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and they used this opportunity In thesecases, the individuals who lost their status of temporaryprotection had theopportunity to submit of admission Serbian nationalsoriginatingfromKosovo. temporary the of cessation 2007 September the of result a as 2007 in significantly increased The trend in submitted applications shows a drop in asylum applications from 2005 to 2006, for this number forinternational applying persons the defined which of legislation status oftemporaryadmissionduringamassiveinfluxSerbiannationals. to number changes of of the result the are Herzegovina and terms Bosnia in in (asylum) protection years the over fluctuations Pronounced 2005 to2014 Graphic overview of the number of persons who applied for international protection (asylum) in Bosnia and Herzegovinafrom Republic, 5fromSerbia,3Eritrea,IraqandoneeachPalestineSomalia. Of the total number of persons with recognized subsidiary protection, 53 persons from Syrian Arab were Table 27b.NumberofpersonswithrecognizedsubsidiaryprotectioninBiHfrom2005to2014 and onepersoneachfromSerbia,Montenegro,SaudiArabia,SriLanka,CameroonMyanmar. Of the total number of recognized refugees, 5 persons were from Palestine, 4 from the Syrian Arab Republic, Table 27a.Numberofpersonswithrecognizedrefugeestatusfrom2005to2014 Table 27.Numberofpersonswhoappliedforinternationalprotection(asylum)inBiHfrom2005to2014 Persons Persons Year Year Persons Year 2005 2005 - - 2005 146 2006 2006 6 - 2006 69 2007 2007 - - 2007 581 2008 2008 1 - 2008 2009 2009 95 1 1 2009 2010 2010 71 4 - 2011 2011 2010 64 - - 2012 2012 25 2011 - 46 2013 2013 28 2 2012 53 2014 2014 8 5 2013 100 Total Total 66 15 2014 45 45

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 46 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Graphic overviewofthenumberpersonswhoappliedforinternationalprotection(asylum)inBiH2013and2014 Table 28.Numberofapplications(persons)forinternationalprotection(asylum)inBiH2013and2014 applications during2013and2014. concerning submitted applications for international protection and thenumber of persons included in these data you bring we protection international of field the in situation current the analysing of purpose the For No. 20 24 25 23 22 19 18 16 10 14 15 13 17 21 12 11 9 8 6 4 5 7 3 2 1 No nationality Ukraine Turkey Sudan Serbia Sri Lanka Somalia Syria USA Palestine Pakistan Nigeria Morocco Hungary Congo, DR Cameroon Iran Iraq Ethiopia Egypt Central AfricanRepublic Bangladesh Armenia Algeria Afghanistan ASYLUM Country Total Applications 36 73 4 6 6 8 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------2013 Persons 100 59 8 6 6 8 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------Applications 45 10 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - 2014 Persons 45 10 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - Applications -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 300.00% 200.00% 100.00% -88.89% -50.00% -66.67% -75.00% -38.36% -62.50% 66.67% 0.00% 0.00% ------% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 300.00% 200.00% Persons 100.00% -50.00% -66.67% -87.50% -55.00% -62.50% -93.22% 66.67% 0.00% 0.00% ------(7 application for 16 persons) and the application submitted by the BiH national (one application for one for application (one national person). BiH the by submitted application the and persons) 16 Procedure for Administrative application on (7 Law the by prescribed reasons persons), 19 for applications (19 BiH leave to In 2013,27applications ceased forthefor 36persons following were reasons: the applicants left orattempted is request from internationalprotectionstatus(onerequestfor aperson). the person), one for application (one reasons exclusion for reasons the and person) one economic for application (one inconsistent and unbelievable contradictory, on based is request the : are protection follows international as for application the rejecting for reasons Other (12.5%). persons 2 for seekers The next reason 2013. for rejecting applications was “an obvious deception or abuse of process” in by a total of 2 asylum (68.75%) persons 11 for applications such 11 were There protection. international of status the and Aliens of Stay and Movement on Law the of Asylum, according to which such applications not were foundedon reasons providing a basis for recognising 1 Paragraph 110, Article under grounds of lack the was In 2013, the main reason for rejecting applications for international protection (16 applications for 16 persons) persons remainedunresolved. ceased, and was one there application for one person rejected. Atthe end of 2013, 28 applications for 36 applications concerning forwhile theprocedure 16 refused, persons were 27 applications for 36persons was 16 2013, During repeated. were persons 2 for applications 2 and time first the for upon deciding of subject 13 – applications in 2013,of the total number of these applications years for international protection 100 persons were previous submitted of structure the the to As persons). 2 from for requests 2 cases repeated as well as unresolved persons, 17 for applications account into for (taking applications consideration 73 under of were total persons a Asylum, for Sector – Security of international protection submittedfor 100personsin were BiHin 2013. Atotalapplications of 88 for 119 Ministry the from data the to According 2014 disaggregatedbynumberofpersons. we protection, international of area the in situation present, along with a brief analysis, comparative data on submitted applications and decisions in 2013 and current the of analysis precise a of purpose the For applications for13personswerewithdrawn. In 2013, out of 60 decisions 8 application for 17 persons were withdrawn, while in 2014, out of 64 decisions 8 minor unaccompanied one for (asylum) protection international person fromAfghanistan. for application one was there 2014, In for applications All Sudan. and Iraq , Republic Arab international protectionsubmittedlastyearwereindividualones. Syrian the of nationals by followed persons), 10 for In 2014, most of the international protection (asylum) seekers were nationals of Afghanistan (10 applications 47

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 48 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 0 to17agegroup (1personor2.22%),and finallyover60years age group(1personor2.22%). persons or 73.34%), followed by those from 36 to 59 age group (10 persons or 22.22%), (33 followed group by age those 35 from to 18 from are they cases most in that shows individuals these of structure age The (87%). men 39 and (13%) women 6 were there that shows above, mentioned persons 45 the for structure age and sex The (22%). Afghanistan of nationals the by submitted were applications most that see will we persons) Taking into account only the applications for international protection received in 2014 (45 applications for 45 followed bytheagegroupover60years(3persons or4%). finally and 16%), or persons (13 years 17 to 0 from group age the by followed 17%), or persons (14 age of years 59 to 36 from group age the by followed seekers), asylum of number total the of 63% or persons (51 age of years 35 to 18 from is group age common most the that shows individuals these of structure age The (79%). men 64 and (21%) women 17 include applications These (asylum). protection international sought have who the above-mentioned 81 persons, we presentthe of an the overview gender and age structure of persons in the country, followed by the citizens of Afghanistan (19.75% of the total number of asylum seekers). As for Arab Syrian the of citizens by Republic filed (27.16% were of applications the Most total persons. 81 number for of applications asylum 73 seekers), of as total a a consequence were of the unchanged war circumstances Taking into account pending cases from previous years, as well as applications newly received in 2014, there applications for 10 persons), and failure to respond to a call for an interview (one application fro one person). leave BiH (33 applications for 33 persons) and reasons prescribed by the Law on Administrative Procedure (5 In 2014, 39applications for 44 persons ceased for the were following reasons: applicant left orattempted to case foronepersonwasrecorded. for rejecting applications was “an obvious deception or abuse of process” by asylum of seekers, which one reason next The year. last persons 11 for applications such 11 were There protection. international of status according to which such applications not foundedwere on reasons providing a basis for recognising the Asylum, and Aliens of Stay and Movement on Law the of 1 Paragraph 110, Article under grounds of lack the was persons) 12 for applications (12 protection international for applications rejecting for reason main The for 3 persons were rejected. Asa result, 9applications for 9persons remained unresolved at the end of 2014. 12 persons rejected, and were procedure was ceased for39applications for 44persons, and 3 applications status 8 casesforpersons, and refugee 2applications was grantedfor for 5persons, and 12applications for 28 – years previous in recognized was protection the subsidiary of status the year previous from the During persons). 36 for applications cases unresolved account applications into for 73 (taking applications of consideration total under 45 A was of 2014. persons in total 81 BiH a in Asylum, submitted was for persons Sector 45 for – (asylum) Security protection of international Ministry the from data the to According 36 to 59age group (19persons or15.97%),and over60age group (5persons or4.20%). the 25.21%), or persons (30 group age 17 to 0 the by followed seekers), asylum of number total the of 54.62% or 85 men (71.43%). Age structure shows that the majority of the persons falls in the 18 to 35 age group (65 persons and age structure of the persons seeking international protection (asylum). There were 34 women (28.57%) and asylum seekers), as a consequence of war in that country. As to above mention 119 persons, we present the sex majority of applications were submitted by nationals of the Syrian Arab Republic (48.86% of the total number of Taking into account unresolved applications from 2013, there was a total of 88 applications for 119 persons. The Overwiew ofdecisionsonasylum(consolidatedfirst-instanceandfinaldecisions) that the majority of them have a university degree (44.06%), followed by those with secondary education (26.67%), andqualifiedworkers (10.42%),whichisalmostthesamecaseasin previousyears. secondary with those by followed (44.06%), degree university a have them of majority the that The data regarding the qualification structure of foreign nationals who were issued work permits in 2014 show nationals ofKuwaitandGermany. as comparedto 2013.Itisalsopossible to notice an increasein permits issuedtothe the number of work for most of the presentedcountries to the related issuance of work permitsin BiH can in 2014 be observed (29.22%). They are followed by the nationals of Turkey (14.52%), China (13.11%) and Croatia (10.79%). A decrease The majority of foreign nationals with work permits in Bosnia and Herzegovina are nationals of Serbia qualification structureofforeignnationalsisgivenbelow. The dataon permits issuedtoforeign of 14.28%. work nationals, decrease disaggregated by nationality and Brcko District, 2,563 work permits were issued to foreign nationals in 2013 and 2,197 in 2014, representing a on the basis of data from received the relevant entity employment services and the Employment Service of According to the data obtained from the Labour and Employment Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 7. WorkPermitsIssuedtoForeignNationals Table 29.Work permitsissuedtoforeignnationalsin2013and2014disaggregatedbynationality No. 6 4 5 3 2 1 Serbia Turkey China Croatia Italy Montenegro Nationality Work permitsissuedtoforeignnationals,disaggregatedbynationalities 2013 809 350 354 231 70 92 2014 288 642 237 319 69 81 -20.64% -11.96% -9.89% -17.71% -1.43% 2.60% % No. 10 12 11 8 9 7 Germany Kuwait Slovenia Total Other countries Austria Russian Federation Nationality 2,563 2013 362 96 49 28 51 71 2,197 2014 315 44 45 53 52 52 -26.76% -12.98% -14.28% -53.13% -13.73% 85.71% 8.16% % 49

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 50 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Table 30.Structureofworkpermitsin2014disaggregatedbyeconomicactivity social andpersonalserviceactivities434(20%),education341(16%),processingindustry331(15%). community, other (27%), 586 trade 2014: in work of fields following the for issued were permits work Most Household activities Financial intermediation Agriculture, huntingandforestry Extra-territorial organisationsandbodiesElectricity,gaswatersupply Electricity, gasandwatersupply Mining andoreextraction Transport, storageand communications Health andsocialcare Hotels andrestaurants Construction Real estate,rentingandbusinessservices Processing industry Education Other community,socialandpersonalservices Wholesale andretailtrade;repairofmotorvehiclesmotorcycles The qalificationstructureofpersonswithworkpermits ACTIVITY TOTAL 2,197 2014 586 434 341 331 116 86 49 36 76 26 62 22 16 15 1 issued tomenfromthe3659agegroup. ratio approximate to the past two years. The most work permits issued in 2014, a total of 858 (39.05%), were a is which men, to (77.24%) 1,697 and women to issued were (22.76%) 500 2014, in issued permits work all Of The structureofworkpermitsin2014byeconomicactivity Work permitsin2014,disaggregatedbyageandsex 51

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 52 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Table 31.NumberofpersonsgrantedBiHcitizenshipin2013and2014disaggregatedbycountryorigin BiH andEntitycitizenshipisregisteredinaccordancetotheirplaceofresidenceBosniaHerzegovina. of citizenship of fact the persons, these For BiH. of Citizenship on Law the of 13 Article with accordance in adopted Decisions on admission to BiH citizenship for persons of particular BiH of benefit Ministers of to Council Bosnia the Also, and year. Herzegovina by disaggregated and analysed were figures submitted The 2014. data, disaggregated by country of origin, sex and age of the persons who acquired BiH citizenship in 2013 and Ministry of Interior and the RS Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Governance submitted the requested FBiH citizenship. The dual on international treaties implementation of naturalisation or of way citizenship by competent entity ministrieslevel to submit statistics on the number of people who granted BiH were The Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is responsible for providing consent for granting BiH citizenship, requested 8. AcquiringBiHCitizenship No. 10 14 13 12 11 6 8 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Syria Macedonia Croatia Serbia Turkey Montenegro Russian Federation Jordan Egypt China Italy Austria Germany Slovakia citizenship Previous Granted BHcitizenship - 2013 529 76 6 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - 2014 581 63 4 4 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 disaggregated bythecountryoforigin No. 20 26 24 25 23 27 22 16 18 19 15 17 21 Sudan Senegal USA Ukraine Moldova Liechtenstein Algeria Iraq Canada Pakistan Palestine Sweden Total citizenship Previous 2013 649 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 2014 676 1 1 ------Serbia and 18 persons based on the Dual Citizenship Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. and Bosnia Herzegovina, 294 person based on the Dual Citizenship Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and to benefit particular of persons for citizenship BiH to admission on BiH of Ministers of Council and Serbia, while 369 person acquired BiH and RS citizenship in 2014, 6 of them based on Decision of the and Bosnia Herzegovina and 269of them basedon the Dual Citizenship Agreement betweenBosnia and Herzegovina to benefit particular of persons for citizenship BiH to admission on BiH of Ministers of Council the of Decision on based them of 14 citizenship, FBiH and BiH granted were persons 307 2014, In Serbia. and compared to 2013. 563of them are basedon the Dual Citizenship Agreement betweenBosnia and Herzegovina A total number of 676 foreign nationals who granted were BiH citizenship in 2014 is increased for 4.16% Croatia. and Serbia and 48 persons based on the Dual Citizenship Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and and Bosnia Herzegovina and 243of them basedon the Dual Citizenship Agreement betweenBosnia and Herzegovina to benefit particular of persons for citizenship BiH to admission on BiH of Ministers of Council and Serbia. In 2013, 322 persons granted were BiH and RScitizenship, 4 of them based on Decision of the and Bosnia the Herzegovina of them basedon and 280 the Dual Citizenship Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina to of benefit particular Decision of persons on for citizenship based BiH them to admission of on BiH 6 of citizenship, Ministers of FBiH Council and BiH granted were persons 327 2013, In Serbia. granted BiH citizenship based on the Dual Citizenship Agreement betweenBosnia and Herzegovina and A total of 649foreign nationals granted BiHcitizenship were in 2013. Ofthat number, 523 persons were Croatia. The majority of persons who were granted BiH citizenship in the past two years originate from Serbia and case asinthepastyears. 35 age group, and that more women (61%) than men (39%) were granted citizenship, which is almost the same to 18 the in are citizenship BiH granted were who persons of 50% than more slightly that shows sex and age As theanalysis ofthe overalldataon persons granted BIHcitizenship who were in 2014 disaggregated by the Persons whoweregrantedBHcitizenshipdisaggregatedbyageandsex 53

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 54 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 19 data, inthese15countries live1,256,652emigrantsborninBosniaandHerzegovina. current citizenship, are available for 15 of the leading host countries as shown in table 32. According to official Accurate statistics on the total number of immigrants born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, of their regardless the EmbassiesofBosniaandHerzegovinainthese countries isaround1.9million. third generation of BiH diaspora), based on the official data of the Institute of Statistics of host countries and and second (including Herzegovina and Bosnia from originating persons of number total the of estimate An and nationalsofBosniaHerzegovina. main groups: persons originating from the BiH (including progeny), persons born in Bosnia and Herzegovina three into classified be can countries recipient of censuses and records on based Diaspora / Emigrants BiH mostly collectedon thebasis of datakeptbythehost country on immigrants and theirdescendants. Data on is data of kind This Emigrants. Herzegovina’s and Bosnia on information collecting on working continuously Diaspora Sector of the Ministry forHuman Rights and Refugeesof Bosnia and Herzegovina has been 9.2. Numberofemigrants the developmentstrategiesofvariouslevelsgovernmentandsectorsinBiH. emigration aimed to link it with development of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as to include emigration in priority tasks in the the coming investment), period are and capacity strengthening savings and support emigrant to institutions remittances, in the of field of flow labour (stable capital economic and fields) various in consists of human potential (a large number of the young, well-educated, professional and successful people Keeping in mind that Bosnia and Herzegovina has a greatpotential in its diaspora, which among other things of support. including investment, remittances, transfer of knowledge, technologies, economic lobbying and other types emigration continuing contributions humancapital, through financial,various socialand of form the in development migration and the of effects negative positive the effects of emigration and incorporate them in its strategic development plan as with a component linking faced is (demographic which problem and constantly growing Herzegovina, problem of brain drain), and it is very important Bosnia to use the possible For placed onthefieldofemigrationanddevelopment. of theEuropean Union, the focus of immigration policy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent yearshas been significant to to Due due people. educated and number of emigrants and great opportunities, in compliance with the recommendations and good practices continued young of Herzegovina consists emigration and recent Bosnia the and from reasons economic emigration that suggest data available Furthermore, diplomaticand from BosniaandHerzegovina(includingsecondthirdgenerationofBiHdiaspora)isabout1.9million. and hostcountries of agencies the statistical consular representations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an estimate of the total number of people originating of data official available the to According the country. and seventh in theworldin the number of emigrants compared to the total number of inhabitants living in to total population. High rate of emigration/diaspora puts Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first place in Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the countries with the largest number of immigrants in the world compared 9.1. Overallassessmentofmigrationflows and analysisofBosniaHerzegovina’sEmigration/Diasporabasedontheavailabledata. under which Diaspora Sector is responsible for creation of policy towards emigrants, prepared an overview The Ministry forHuman Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an institution at the state level 9. EmigrationfromBiH 2013. Certain differencesCertain inthenumber at theannuallevel for somehost countries occur due to new data from the Census 19 that mostcountries in 2011andprocessed conducted data in of deregisteredpersonshasincreasedby820(19.44%). 20 Table 33.NumberofpersonswhocancelledtheirresidenceinBiHonanannualbasisforfourmostfrequenthostcountries (123) Montenegro and (314) Slovenia (707), Austria (910), Germany (1,038), Serbia (1,868), Croatia quoted citizens deregistered of number largest statistics, it was found that 5,039persons withdrew theirstay in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2014. The these to According Herzegovina. and Bosnia of Exchange Data and Records Documents, Identification for and temporary residence of Bosnia and Herzegovina to emigrate to other countries, kept by the Agency years arethe data on the number of persons who from the have beenregisterof deregistered permanent many of them leftBosnia and Herzegovina in 2014, the only data that can be usedasemigration statistics by When we talkabout the number of emigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina on an annual basis, i.e. how Table 32.NumberofemigrantsborninBiH15leadinghostcountries Norway Denmark Montenegro The Netherlands Australia Italy Canada Switzerland Sweden Slovenia Austria Austria Germany Serbia Croatia USA Germany Croatia Serbia Source: for Identification oftheAgency Documents,The act Registers andData ExchangeBosnia and Herzegovina of no. UP1-15-03-07-10-15898-3 /2014from 24.12.2014 HOST COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY TOTAL: TOTAL: NUMBER 1,256,652 298,835 189,039 155,000 122,529 116,382 29,066 25,440 25,682 49,377 21,849 39,150 97,142 56,512 13,232 17,417 20 2,448 asadestination country. Compared to the previousyear number 1,155 2012 885 244 164 Statistical CentralOfficeoftheKingdomNorway,2013 Institute ofStatisticsAgencyMontenegro,2012 Statistics AgencyoftheNetherlands,2013 Institute ofStatisticstheKingdomDenmark,2013 Statistical OfficeofAustralia–Census2011 National InstituteofStatisticsItaly,Statist.yearbook2013 Statistical OfficeofCanada,2013 Federal StatisticalAgencyofSwitzerland,2013 Kingdom ofSwedenStatisticalOffice, Statistical OfficeofSlovenia,2009 Statistics AgencyofAustria,2012 US CensusBureau,2010 Federal StatisticalOfficeofGermany,2011 Census oftheRepublicSerbia,2011 National InstituteofStatisticsCroatia,Census2011 3,841 1,675 2013 982 672 512 SOURCE OFDATA 1,868 4,523 1,038 2014 707 910 55

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 56 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 21 period of time. According to the UNHCR BiH with a refugee status. The BiH emigrants have ceasedto have astatus of refugee population for along persons and the like. For a long period of time, in most countries there are no more persons originating from a result of war events and migration in 1992 - 1995, BiH immigrants are often classified as refugees, displaced Status of BiH emigrants through is largelyresolved the acquisition of the citizenship of the host country. As 9.3. Statusofemigrants Serbia andCroatia,followedbyGermany,theUSA,AustriaSlovenia. Herzegovina. The largest number of persons originating fromBiH are located in the neighbouring countries Emigrants by host states is evident when we look at the total number of persons originating from Bosnia and BiH of distribution Such Serbia. to go who those of number the reached almost and significantly increased remain destination of the same -Croatia, Serbia, Germany that and Austria provided the number of persons who go to Germany countries common most four the years, three last the In destination. final the as to increase in the number citizens of deregistered of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the countries referred from Bosniaand emigrating study or other reasons and do not cancel their residence. However, wecan notice a certain trend in terms of persons of number of the real picture Herzegovina with the respect to a significant represent number of not those who do leave Bosnia figures and HerzegovinaThese for employment, so far at least 474,189immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina has acquired citizenship of the host country. According to the data available to the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees regarding thirteen countries, with recognizedrefugeestatusliveallovertheworld. UNHCRMid-year trends 2014, pade.18 (http://www.unhcr.org/54aa91d89.html andhttp://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e48d766.html ) Pregled brojaodjavljenihosobauzadnjetrigodinezačetirinajčešćezemljeodredišta 21 data from July 2014, 22,369 persons from Bosnia and Herzegovina 22 host country Table 35.Comparativeoverviewof the number of emigrants born in BiHandthenumber of naturalized BiH citizensinthesame conditioned byrenunciationofthepreviousone. Germany a lowerpercentage of naturalization continues given that the acquisition of their citizenship is and Austria as such countries in However, 95%). (over high extremely is Slovenian, and Australian as such In some countries, apercentage of BiH emigrants who havetheirstatusby acquiring resolved citizenship, Table 34.NumberofnaturalizedBIHcitizensintheleadinghostcountriesuptoreferenceyear Germany Norway Denmark Montenegro Slovenia The Netherlands Australia Italy Canada Sweden Slovenia Austria USA Switzerland Switzerland Canada Sweden Austria Germany USA The Netherlands Norway Montenegro Australia Italy Denmark Source ofdata: competent institutionsinthehostcountries HOST COUNTRY HOST COUNTRY TOTAL: TOTAL: BIH EMIGRANTSBORNINBOSNIA NUMBER OFACQUIRED AND HERZEGOVINA CITIZENSHIPS 768,778 155,000 474,189 122,529 116,382 29,066 96,744 47,488 25,900 37,849 78,982 25,440 25,682 49,377 14,904 75,530 15,000 24,282 33,770 21,849 39,150 97,142 56,512 13,232 17,417 11,972 3,642 8,126 NUMBER OFACQUIRED 22 REFERENCE YEAR CITIZENSHIP 474,189 47,488 96,744 25,900 37,849 78,982 14,904 75,530 15,000 24,282 33,770 11,972 3,642 8,126 2010 2010 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 57

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 58 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 23 According to information available to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 65,558 extremely are country host the BiH emigrantsinhostcountriesindicatesthatthisisalong-termmigration. of citizenship acquired have who citizens important when talking about the degree of integration of BiH emigrants. In addition, the naturalization of BiH of number the on Data country wherethelegislationofhostprovidesforsuchpossibility. agreements on dual citizenship or retain their nationality with the acquisition of the nationality of the host country still holds the nationality of Bosnia and Herzegovina as dual citizenship in accordance with the The largestnumber of immigrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina who have acquiredcitizenship of the host host countrynorhaveadualcitizenship. of Bosnia and Herzegovina who hold only the citizenship oftheircountry i.e., didnot acquire citizenship of a of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a permanent or temporary residence. This number represents the citizens According to available data for the thirteen host countries below, 424,029 persons are registeredas citizens only oneorasofdualcitizenships-togetherwiththecitizenshiphostcountry. the BiH citizenship since 1998 until today. Other emigrants have citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the The act of the Ministry ofCivil Affairs no. oftheMinistry The act 06-1-30-2-6803/14from 22.12.2014. 23 persons renounced overall activepopulationofAustria. 85.1% men and 73.5% women, which is, at the same time, the highest employment rate in comparison with the It isinteresting that migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Austria have above-averageemployment rate: the StatisticalOfficeofNorwayfrom2009, employment rateofBiHmigrantsamountedto64.4%. of data to According (31%). Norwegians native than more is which education higher in participate years, 24 educational of young system, 38% people who originate fromBosnia and Herzegovina, aged between19and in this country. Also, they score high level of employment, including women. As for their integration into the Norwegians, migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina have a higher income than any other immigrant community to most other immigrant groups. Although their income perhousehold than of native is lower the revenue In Norway, they haveachieved ahigher of economic, level housing and educational integration in comparison integrated. well extremely countries some in and educated, well and market labour the into integrated well general in countries, however,we can conclude, according to the statistical data that we have, that BiH immigrants are Although no data are available on the educational structure andtheemployment rate ofBiHdiaspora in all Education andof the integration level of BiH emigrants in the host countries should be especially emphasized. Austria sincelongtimeago. to retain the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina although they are eligible for citizenship of Germany or decided citizens BiH of number large a reason, this For countries. two the of citizenship of acquisition upon and (153,470) Germany in located is Herzegovina and Austria (85,173), which is associated Bosnia with the above mentioned obligation of of renouncing previous citizenship citizens of majority the that evident is It have acitizenshipofanothercountry) Table 36. Number of BiH citizensinhost countries (not included persons who in addition to the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany USA Austria Slovenia Croatia Sweden Denmark Italy Switzerland Australia Norway The Netherlands Canada Montenegro HOST COUNTRY TOTAL: NUMBER OFBIHCITIZENS 424,029 153,470 38,836 43,547 10,963 85,173 31,972 32,912 6,846 2,690 5,209 6,733 1,400 1,904 2,374 REFERENCE YEAR 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 59

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 60 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE 25 28 27 26 24 shows thatmost Tableemigrants 38.AssessmentofremittancesbyhostcountriesBiHEmigrantsforthe2012 of country host by andHerzegovina remittances (over50%)comefromCroatia,GermanyandAustria. inBosnia remittances of inflow The The share of remittances in GDP of Bosnia and Herzegovina is 10% according to the World Bank data for 2013. Herzegovina, andin2014amountedto3,313millionBAM. and Bosnia of Bank extent Central the i.e. some Herzegovina, and to Bosnia of always disposal the at are data official Bank the than World higher the by annually published remittances of amount estimated The Table 37.Transfers fromabroadfor2014 2014 amountsto3,705millionBAM. 2,170 million the BAM. However, estimate of total transfers fromabroad, which include foreign pensions, for same period ofthe last year. Estimates of remittances from abroad for all four quarters in 2014 amounted to According to these data, remittances in the first three quarters of 2014 were slightly higher compared to the Data on remittances and transfers of migrants are kept by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 9.4. Remittances (primarily pensions) Other currenttransfers Other countries Austria Germany Croatia transfers) Western Unionandestimatesofinformal (remittances viacommercialbanks, Remittances byemployees Switzerland Slovenia USA Sweden Estimates of remittances for 2012,May by 2013, country World Bank Data onremittances 2014, onanannualbasis, October World Bank Data onremittances 2014, onan annualbasis, October World Bank Estimate for Q42014was madeonthebasisofremittances for thepast three years. onthebalance ofpayments andHerzegovina ofBosnia -Report CBBiH to Q3 Total currenttransfers HOST COUNTRY (Other sectors) In millionBAM TOTAL: 2425 Amount ofremittancessentin 1st quarter 346.0 475.7 821.6 2014 millions BAM 3,200 309 887 447 238 145 912 137 125 2nd quarter 568.6 958.7 390.1 26 2014 28 3rd quarter 390.3 587.5 977.8 2014 Amount ofsentremittances% 4th quarter (estimate) 2014 408.8 538.3 947.1 28.50% 27.72% 13.97% 9.66% 3.90% 4.28% 7.44% 4.53% 25 (estimate) 3,705 Total 2,170 1,535 2014 27 Table 39.Remittancesfromemigration2005to2014 30 29 Central Bank Emigration remittances, according to the current exchange rate oftheCentral from Bank 5.2.2015. Remittances for theperiod2009-2013hasbeenupdated inaccordance withcurrent data onremittances for thisperiod by Central theBiH the Bank, World andrecalculated Bank CBBH-Report onthe balance of payments andHerzegovina ofBosnia CBBH-Report until Q3,aswell asestimate for Q42014ismadeonthebasis ofremittances for thepastthree years. transfers bymigrants World compensations and Bank BiH employment EURO inmil. EURO inmil. BAM inmil.. BAM inmil. Assessment ofremittancesbyhostcountriesBiHEmigrantsfortheyear2012inpercentages 2,961 2,319 1,186 2005 1,514 Remittances fromemigrantsabroadinmillionBAM 2,469 1,645 1,262 2006 3,217 3,914 2,001 2007 2,771 1,417 2930 3,966 2,028 1,289 2,522 2008 1,848 2,010 3,615 1,027 2009 3,097 1,984 1,583 1,014 2010 2,008 3,328 1,026 1,701 2011 2,093 1,070 1,843 3,134 2012 1,096 1,645 3,218 2,145 2013 (estimate) 2014 1,693 2,170 3,313 1,109 30

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 62 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE ◊ ◊ ◊ Three lawsregulatingthefieldofimmigrationand asylumwereadoptedinBiHfrom2000until2014. 10.2. LegalFramework ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ well-organised internationalcrimeinvolvedinthesmugglingofhumanbeings countries via Bosnia and Herzegovina indicated that Bosnia and Herzegovina had become a transit centre for Data from 2000 regarding illegal migration of foreign nationals attempting to enter Western European 10.1. ImmigrationPolicy and regulation of immigration , refugees, and asylum issues is under the competence of state-level institutions. Pursuant to Article III, Paragraph (1), item f) of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, policy development 10. BiHImmigrationPolicy,LegalandInstitutionalFramework be made to a significant number of provisions of the Law adopted in 2003. In an effort to harmonise BiH harmonise to effort an In 2003. in adopted Law the of provisions of number significant a to made be The development oftheEU acquis communautaire also imposed the need forchanges or amendments to and StayofAliensAsylum inlate2003(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.29/03, 4/04,and53/07). of foreign nationals in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was madewith the adoption of theLawon Movement stay and movement of issues regulating framework legal the improving of terms in progress, Significant 23/99). No. Gazette” Official (“BiH 1999 late in force into came which Herzegovina, and Bosnia of Asylum and The first legal act which regulated immigration and asylum at the state-level was the Law on Immigration at itssessionheldon23January2013(“BiHOfficial Gazette”No.10/13,64/13and1/14). Ministers of Council The Union. European the adopted aDecision on Adopting the Coordinating Body forMigration Issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina of membership country’s our of integration rapid the frame in the context of the positive trend of migration and asylum, and in terms of current efforts towards established practice of comprehensive planning activities and creating a document that represents a and Asylum already the continue and to need the of Immigration result the is strategy of The 2012. June 12 Field on Plan Action 2012-2015 the the in Strategy new the adopted Ministers of Council the Also, (“BiH OfficialGazette”No.32/09). Plan Action 2008-2011 the and Asylum and Immigration of Fields the in Strategy the of Implementation held on 19 March adopted the Decision 2009, on session Appointing the Coordinating Body forMonitoring the its at Herzegovina, and Bosnia of Ministers of Council The beings. human in trafficking of for activities in the following fields: visas, borders, immigration, asylum and protection of foreign victims and Herzegovina, the current state of play, defines the goals, activities, deadlines, and parties13 responsible on Ministers of Council the November 2008.This document outlines the development of immigration and asylum systems in Bosnia by of adopted Field as the Plan, in Action Strategy 2008-2011 the the by and Asylum defined and is Immigration asylum and immigration of field the in policy a 2008, Since implementation. the by adopted asylum and elaborated each of them with clearly setgoals, tasks and stakeholders responsible for their as Asylum, and and immigration Immigration borders, visas, of of issues identified document This Field 2004. April 6 on the Ministers of Council in itsimmigration Plan Action the anddeveloped was system policy asylum Herzegovina’s and and Bosnia defined that document second The immigration policiesinBosniaandHerzegovina. for basis and goals the define to document first the also was overview This migration. illegal controlling session. The adoption of this provided a solid overview foundation for furtheractivities aimed at measures to remedy the situation. The Council of Ministers adopted this at overview its 10 May 2001 proposed and trend, migration illegal the to led that causes the explained migration, illegal of types the identified 2001 of quarter first the in completed situation, asylum and immigration the of overview An . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Gazette” No.26/09), Official (“BiH Visa) (B Visas Transit and Visa) (A Visas Transit Airport Issuing for TechnicalConditions on Rulebook on Procedures to be Followed When Issuing Visas in BiH Diplomatic and Consular Missions and Visas (“BiHOfficialGazette” No.104/08), Long-Termof Issuance on Such Rulebook Issuing When Followed be to Procedures on and Visa) (D Visas Decision onVisas(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.3/15), (“BiH OfficialGazette”No.86/09), Centre Asylum the of Work the for Important Issues Other and Functioning of Standards on Rulebook Documents forStatelessPersonsandLaissez-Passer forAliens(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.78/09), Rulebook on Form and Contents of the Application for Issuance of Travel Documents for Refugees, Travel Rulebook on International Protection (Asylum) in BiH (“BiH Official Gazette” No. 37/09, 85/10 and 63/13), No. 8/14), Gazette” Official (“BiH BiH in Stay Intended the During Subsistence of Means Minimum the on Decision of theSyrianArabRepublic(“BiHOfficialGazette”,number64/14), Decision on determining legitimate humanitarian reasons forthe approval of temporary stay of nationals Official (“BiH agreement readmission a under Gazette” No.63/11), returning citizens BIH of record keeping on Rulebook No. 50/13), Gazette” Official (“BiH Aliens on Records Official of Use and Keeping of Method Content, on Rulebook Rulebook ontheCentralDatabaseAliens(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.30/10and78/13), 17/09 and69/13), No. Gazette” Official (“BiH Travels Similar Toursand of Organisers Carriers, of Obligations on Under Rulebook Aliens of Placement and Aliens of Return the Supervision (“BiHOfficialGazette”No.2/09), by Incurred Expenses Covering on Rulebook Immigration the of Work the for Centre (“BiHOfficialGazette”No.105/08), Important Issues Other and Functioning of Standards on Rulebook Rulebook ontheProtectionofAliensVictimsTrafficking inHumans(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.49/13), No. 61/13), Rulebook on the Supervision and Removal of Aliens from Bosnia and Herzegovina (“BiH Official Gazette” Rulebook ontheEntryandStayofAliens(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.27/13), and Aliens of Stay and Movement on Law Asylum (“BiHOfficialGazette”No.87/12),thefollowingby-lawswereadopted: the to Amendments on Law the and 36/08) Gazette (“Official number Asylum BIH” and Aliens of Stay and Movement on Law the of provisions the to Pursuant that theselawswillbeadoptedin2015. Also, the drawing up of two new laws began in 2014: the Law on Foreigners and Asylum Law. It is expected of AliensandAsylum(“BiHOfficialGazetteNo.87/12”). amended in November 2012 by adoption of the Law on Amendments of the Law on Movement and Stay and changed was Law This 36/08). No. Gazette” Official (“BiH 2008 May in force into entered law This implemented at the time, the new Law on Movement and Stay of Aliens and Asylum was adopted. and in to order addressshortcomings that became evident with the application of the law that was immigration and asylum legislation with the EU acquis communautaire and theSchengen Agreement, 63

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 64 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE pursuant tothe LawonMovementand StayofAliensandAsylum. Police Affairs andtheBiHBorder Foreigners’ appeals against for first instance bytheService decisions made filed protection forinternational onapplications by foreign nationals in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is responsible for second instance decisions regarding decisions instance first passes Security of Ministry The in BosniaandHerzegovina. also regulates proceduresand to structure of the related the movement service and stay of foreign nationals it Herzegovina; and Bosnia in policy asylum and immigration of implementation and maintenance creation, security tasks in the interest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Ministry of Security is responsible for the of the entity ministries of interior and Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the goal of performing use of data important for the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina; organisation and harmonisation of activities inter-entity or nature; international international cooperation in all of fields that fall crimes within the other responsibilities of the and Ministry; collection and beings, human in trafficking and currencies, international and tracing of perpetrators of criminal offences of terrorism, illicit drug trade, counterfeiting of domestic and internal border crossings and regulation of traffic at border crossings of Bosnia and Herzegovina; prevention borders; international of protection for: responsible is and 2003 in established was Security of Ministry The A2.1. MinistryofSecurity to migrationmanagement. Below is a list of ministries, administrative organisations and other bodies with responsibilities directly related Deputy fromadifferentconstituentethnicgroup. laws, reports, strategic documents, programmes, agreements, protocols and other acts. Each Minister has a Herzegovina. Its duties include the adoption of decisions, conclusions and resolutions, proposals and draft Chairman the of and nine national ministries as the centralgovernment and itoperates atthestate-levelofBosnia and comprised is It body. executive an is Herzegovina and Bosnia of Ministers of Council The A2. CouncilofMinisters European organisationsandinstitutions. and international within membership of attainment and representation and Assembly Parliamentary the of the conduct to responsibility the has Presidency foreign policy of Bosnia the and Herzegovina, including chair, the ratification or suspension rotating of treaties with a the consent with members three of Comprised A1. PresidencyofBosniaandHerzegovina A. State-levelBodies 10.3. InstitutionalFramework • • • • • • • • Decision on the Annual Quota of Work Permits for Aliens in BiH for 2014 (“BiH Official Gazette” No. 95/13), Rulebook onTravel DocumentsforRefugees(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.80/09), Rulebook onTravel DocumentsforStatelessPersons(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.80/09), Rulebook onLaissez-PasserforAliens(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.80/09), inBiH Protection International (“BiH OfficialGazette”No.80/09), were Granted who Persons for Document Identification on Rulebook Granted were who Persons for Protection Social to Right International ProtectioninBiH(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.3/09), the Exercising of Methods on Rulebook Protection inBiH(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.67/08), International Granted were who Persons for Education to Right the Exercising of Methods on Rulebook Protection inBiH(“BiHOfficialGazette”No.83/08), Rulebook on Methods of Exercising the Right to Employment for Persons who were Granted International and creatingtheBIHpolicy towardstheDiaspora. Herzegovina, including reconstruction projects and the provision of other conditions for sustainable return, Bosnia and of Herzegovina in to regards emigration and the return of refugees and displaced persons to Bosnia and policy the implementing and defining days, 30 of period a for readmission on Agreement the of admission and accommodation for BiH citizens who are returning to Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis its and rights and Freedoms concerns of refugees Fundamental in Bosnia and and Herzegovina once their Rights status as the of refugees care taking Human has activities; and standards been rights human on determined; overviews compiling on and monitoring Protocols; Convention Union,with European European the tothe for concern foraccession particular andHerzegovina ofBosnia obligations the fulfilling activities conventions and other documents that relate to human rights and basic freedoms; defining and implementing The Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees is responsible for: monitoring and implementing international A2.3. MinistryofHumanRightsandRefugees foreign nationalsinordertodeterminepotentialrisksthesecurityofBosniaandHerzegovina. In terms of immigration legislation, the Intelligence and Security Agency is responsible for security checks of A.2.2. IntelligenceandSecurityAgency(OSA) began SIPA capacity, present its In law. international operations in2004,replacingthe“StateInformationandProtectionAgency.” by protected values and humanity against crimes other and humans, in trafficking crimes, war terrorism, crime, organised of acts with deals SIPA particular, tracing preventing, Law, include relevant the and investigating criminal acts that fall underthecompetence of theCourtBosnia and Herzegovina. In by defined as responsibilities, Its established was duties. SIPA police work. perform its to in independence operational with Herzegovina, and Bosnia of Security of Ministry the within organisation administrative an is (SIPA) Agency Protection and Investigation State The • and itcommenceditsoperationson1October2006. 2005, in Affairs Foreigners’ for Service on Law the under established was Affairs Foreigners’ for Service The applications to Aliens and Asylum, and other laws and regulations related to the movement and stay of foreign nationals. related matters administrative on of Stay and Movement on Law the to pursuant decisions duties other perform to and nationals; foreign by submitted issue Herzegovina; and Bosnia in nationals established to: perform administrative and inspection activities related to the movement and stay of foreign has It Security. of Ministry operational independency to perform duties and solve issues within its competence. was The Service the within organisation administrative an is Affairs Foreigners’ for Service The • for asyluminBosniaandHerzegovina;keepingrecordsexchangingdatathisfield. application an submit to intention his/her Police Border the to express can national foreign A duration. their shortening or visas revoking Law; the by defined as circumstances exceptional in crossings border at visas issuing entry; of refusal on circumstances, certain under entry of refusal on decisions issues and entry; for denying the entryof foreign nationals to Bosnia and Herzegovina when they do not meet therequirements Asylum; and Aliens of Stay and Movement on Law the to pursuant Herzegovina, and Bosnia of borders the across nationals foreign of movement the controlling by: laws immigration enforces Police Border BiH The of Securityin2003,theBiHBorderPolicehasbeenitscomprisingelement. of other threats to public security, legal system and national security. Since the establishment of the Ministry tracking and prevention and migration cross-border illegal of prevention the criminals; of tracking and acts criminal of prevention the people; of health and lives the of protection the borders; state of protection the the is police Service) body Border responsible for: State the the surveillance and (originally control of Police the Border cross border Herzegovina movement of and goods Bosnia and persons; the 2000, in Established • State InvestigationandProtectionAgency(SIPA) Service forforeigners’Affairs BiH BorderPolice

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 66 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE on casesinvolvinginternational treaties,andinternationalornationalcriminal law. entity disputes over the legal meaning and implementation of state laws. The Court of BiH can also adjudicate The Courtof BiH has jurisdiction criminal over acts relating to violations of state laws and can also act in inter- A2.8. CourtofBiH EU acquiscommunautaire. the with system legal Herzegovina’s and Bosnia of harmonisation the coordinates Integration European for responsibilities of the former Ministry for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Directorate with the task of coordinating the process of integration of BiH into the EU. The Directorate assumed the The Directorate for European Integration was formed in 2002 underthe BiH Council of Ministers Law A2.7. DirectorateforEuropeanIntegration foreign nationals. for documents travel defining for responsible is Affairs Civil of Ministry the duties, migration its of terms In travel and andrecords identification residence, and registration domicile tocitizenship, documents, andotheractivitiesprescribedbylaw. of registration data, related personal for activities of protection citizens, responsible of is Affairs Civil of Ministry The A2.6. MinistryofCivilAffairs those responsibleformigrationmanagementandasylum. The Ministry of Justice inspects administrative of procedures allministries and other civilbodies, including of citizensandNGOsthatareactiveinBosniaHerzegovina. implementation of laws; and for issues relating to associations of citizens, and keeping records of association legislation and standards of indrafting the judicial system between entities; extradition; administrative entities inspection of the and Affairs Foreign for Ministry international bilateral and multilateral agreements. It acts as a central coordinating body for harmonising the with cooperates Justice of Ministry The treaties. and its implementation are in line with the obligations of Bosnia and Herzegovina under international international and inter-entity judicial cooperation. It ensuresthat the legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Ministry of Justice is responsible for administrative functions judicial to state level related bodies and exceptional in A2.5. MinistryofJustice (C-Visa) visas short-term of extension the on decides circumstances, pursuanttotheLawonMovementandStayofAliensAsylum. DCMs and visasthrough Herzegovina, byissuing and policy Bosnia migration of implements Affairs Foreign for Ministry the addition, In documents fromvisarequirements. a document other than a passport; and proposals of decisions on exempting holders of certain types of travel and Herzegovina; proposals of decisions on countries whose citizens can enter Bosnia and Herzegovina with the for Council of Ministers proposals of decisions on states whose citizens do not need visasforentering Bosnia prepares Affairs Foreign for Ministry the legislation, immigration of implementation of field the In and coordinationofcooperationwithemigrantsfromBosniaHerzegovina. or permanent residence abroad and of legal persons from BiH abroad; and, for the incitement, development performance of duties related to the residence and protection of the rights of BiH nationals with temporary participation in the work of international organisations; diplomatic preparation of bilateral and multilateral agreements; in Herzegovina and Bosnia country’s the to related Presidency the to of proposals organisations; international with cooperation relations; representation relations; international of development policy; foreign Herzegovina’s and Bosnia of implementation the: for responsible is Affairs Foreign for Ministry The A2.4. MinistryofForeignAffairs A2.4. Ministarstvovanjskihposlova

B1.1. RSMinistryofInterior B1. RepublikaSrpska of data. communication Poor legislation. cantonal/entity to between Inspectors and entity and state bodies resulted in a lack of harmonised activities and centralisation according varied entity. or powers canton Inspectors’ their to the limited addition, was In authority their as ineffective highly were who and operated Aliens The Security. was established Service to reform an under-funded and decentralisedsystem under which Inspectors for of Ministry the within Affairs Foreigners’ for Service established recently the to MoI each of responsibility for enforcing in-country migration management has shifted from the cantonal/regional level the Currently, MoI. each within Foreigners’ for ‘Department a of operation the 2000), and control border included in Service Border State authority This (former management. migration in authority Police wide had level entity Border the at (MoIs) Interior BiH of Ministries the of establishment the to Prior actors. level The increasing responsibility of state bodies over migration management directly impacts the role of entity B. Entity-levelBodies law. of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may also decide the existence or scope of a general rule of public international laws the with or Protocols, its and Freedoms Fundamental and Rights Human for Convention European the Constitutional Court has jurisdiction to establish whether a law is compatible with the BiH Constitution, with over issues under this Constitution arising out of a judgment of any court in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” The Court isestablished bytheConstitutional provision, which states that the Court”hasappellate jurisdiction Entity’s constitution or law is consistent with the Constitution. The appellate jurisdiction of the Constitutional the institutions ofBosnia and Herzegovina. The Constitutional Court maydecidewhetheraprovision of an under the Constitution between the Entities, Bosnia and Herzegovina and an Entity or Entities, or between arises that dispute any decide to jurisdiction exclusive has It level. state the at acts Court Constitutional The A2.9. ConstitutionalCourt review. stems fromthe fact that all immigration decisions adopted by the Ministry of Security aresubject to judicial decides on appeals to related international protection decisions by the Ministry of Security. This function In termsofitsimmigration duties, theCourtofBosnia and Herzegovina is abodyofsecond instance and proceedings. of the Court. However, theCourt of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not hear appeal requests to reopen appeals of, and decideson legal remedies, for decisionsby the delivered Criminal or Administrative Division final administrative decisions. Within its appellate responsibilities, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina hears its administrative responsibilities, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has jurisdiction over appeals against Within Herzegovina. and Bosnia of laws other and Herzegovina and Bosnia of Code Criminal the by defined Within its responsibilities to related crime, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has jurisdiction over crimes regulations ofRepublikaSrpska andBosniaHerzegovina. registries, personal names, entity/state personal identity numbers, and otherdutiespursuant to the laws and The Ministry of Administration and Local Self-Governance performs administrative tasks relating to citizenship, B1.2. MinistryofAdministrationandLocalSelf-Governance regarding requestsforthereturnofBiHcitizensunder readmissionagreements. forcible the supports removal of foreign nationals from Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also carries out identity and nationality checks or Affairs Foreigners’ the arrival for Service the of registering request on in and nationals, Affairs, foreign of Foreigners’ departure for Service the primarily bodies, management migration Ministry The RS of Interiorisresponsibleinvestigations. for civilandsecurityrelated It also supports state

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 68 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE readmission agreements it also carries out identity and nationality checks regarding requests for the return of BIH citizens under when requested, to assist in the forcible removal of foreign nationals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Affairs, Foreigners’ for Service the to support providing include duties immigration The Brcko District Police B3. BrckoDistrict and nationalitychecksregardingrequestsforthereturnofBIHcitizensunderreadmissionagreements. from Bosnia and Herzegovina on request by the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs, and it also carries out identity by matters immigration in Affairs Foreigners’ assisting in registering the arrival or departure of foreign nationals and forcible removal of foreign nationals for Service the support Interior of Ministries Cantonal The B2.2. CantonalMinistriesofInterior nationality checksregardingrequestsforthereturnofBIHcitizensunderreadmissionagreements. the forcible removal offoreign nationals from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and italso carries out identity and in Affairs Foreigners’ for Service the to support provides Ministry the activities, immigration its of terms In and civilfreedoms,withotheractivitiesfromitsjurisdiction. issues relating to citizenship in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the protection of human rights and cooperates searches with prosecutors’ offices to investigateinter-cantonal criminal acts. The FBiHand Ministry of Interior also dealsfederal, with INTERPOL, announces and initiates also Interior of Ministry FBiH perpetrators the the efforts, fighting crime apprehending its of part As and crime. organised and tracking trade, drug terrorism, preventing, crime, international of: for responsible is Interior of Ministry FBiH The B2.1. FBiHMinistryofInterior B2. FederationofBosniaandHerzegovina 69

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 70 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE SUMMARY OFMIGRATION TRENDS ANNEX 1 migrants (withIOMassistance) Voluntary returnsofirregular for Foreigners'Affairsassistance Voluntary returnwiththeService agreements from BiHbasedonreadmission Foreign nationalsreturned decision ondeportation approval oftheexecution Number oftheconclusionon protection (asylum)inBiH Persons seekinginternational Expulsion orders citizenship Foreign nationalsgrantedBiH državljanstvo Broj stranacakojisustekli supervision Foreign nationalsplacedunder Revoked permanentresidence residence anddeportation Revoked non-visaortemporary residence Revoked non-visaortemporary Permanent residencepermits Temporary residencepermits nationals duringtheyear Work permitsissuedtoforeign in BIH,2013) BiH Population(Agencyfor Statistics BIH–preliminaryresultsoftheCensus Ministry forHumanRightsand RefugeesinBiH) generation emigrantswhowere borninthereceivingstate(estimateof Number ofemigrantsfromBiHwhichincludethesecond andthird Illegal crossingofthestateborder Refusals ofentryintoBiH Visas issuedattheborder Visas issuedbyDCMs Foreign nationalsfromBiH INDICATOR/YEAR BiH Certain areaorplace Immigration Centre BiH nationals Entries Exits

14,801 2,049 7,758 5,143 2005 244 345 196 146 170 101 11,960 7,829 5,274 2006 927 174 153 112 69 58 54 12,071 2,696 6,618 5,513 1,190 2007 497 240 354 822 229 735 233 581 851 136 261 28 20 75 10,139 2,993 5,971 3,102 2008 1,159 684 484 368 248 543 787 198 198 175 215 172 44 95 28 32 16 9,284 2,592 5,103 2009 7,512 945 474 359 530 345 226 188 381 193 153 122 191 191 36 87 73 22 71

9,623 2,325 3,514 8,131 2010 354 397 254 827 106 180 410 327 322 341 142 315 312 101 119 64 87 42 73 19

3,830 11,126 2,607 7,661 2011 308 309 364 266 248 244 203 324 104 718 218 173 191 121 88 48 46 81 71 8

1,900.000 3,791.622 11,482 8,838 2,998 2,573 2012 389 947 453 562 520 283 292 160 106 401 150 817 182 88 88 67 54 53 75 14 0 12,107 9,953 2,079 2,563 2013 649 430 209 209 236 279 228 274 100 164 159 713 123 117 64 38 93 57 75 0 1 16,351 11,022 1,987 2,197 2014 380 676 763 169 189 104 104 817 218 251 116 59 58 83 45 55 33 57 73 0 5 VISAS ISSUEDBYBiHDIPLOMATIC ANDCONSULARMISSIONSIN2013 AND2014 ANNEX 2 No. 30 36 38 34 20 28 29 26 24 35 33 25 37 23 32 27 22 18 16 10 19 14 15 13 31 17 12 21 11 8 9 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Burkina Faso Cameroon Central AfricanRepublic Belarus Bangladesh Bahrain Congo Republic China Egypt Benin Bahamas Congo DemocraticRepublic Columbia Djibouti Afghanistan Algeria Azerbaijan Eritrea Armenia Ethiopia Gambia COUNTRY 2013 647 202 471 317 65 39 28 92 52 18 31 6 8 8 9 8 4 5 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2014 1.212 768 524 169 178 64 30 38 38 26 26 13 21 11 8 9 9 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 700.00% 200.00% 160.00% 188.89% 162.50% -50.00% -50.00% -50.00% -50.00% -50.00% 142.27% -87.18% -41.54% 50.00% 83.70% -11.88% 87.33% 28.57% 28.57% 33.33% 33.33% 14.29% 111.11% +/- (%) -3.23% 0.00% 11.25% 0.00% - - - -

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 72 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE No. 66 68 60 69 64 40 48 46 49 44 58 56 65 59 39 50 63 67 54 45 76 70 43 78 79 62 47 74 42 55 53 57 75 73 52 77 72 61 41 51 71 Kyrgyzstan Georgia Kuwait Mauritania Mali Latvia Korea, DPR Kosovo (UNSCR1244)* Ghana Lebanon Kazakhstan Jordan Guinea Bissau Libya Moldova Lesotho India Iraq Iran Indonesia Morocco Pakistan Oman Nigeria COUNTRY 3,162 2013 346 563 736 773 126 128 351 66 44 56 111 70 70 29 53 25 22 16 6 6 5 3 3 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3,617 2014 548 405 290 657 857 199 104 99 49 85 50 38 70 42 23 14 15 12 4 4 4 3 3 5 3 3 7 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 400.00% 200.00% 200.00% 200.00% 100.00% 100.00% -60.00% -40.00% -44.00% -56.60% -50.00% -75.00% -45.45% 133.33% 141.38% -83.33% -24.24% -32.54% -33.33% -13.64% -10.73% -12.50% -16.18% 48.57% -10.81% 55.47% 10.87% 14.39% 15.38% -2.66% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% - - - - -

* REMARK:ThistitledoesnotprejudgethestatusofKosovoand isinlinewiththeSecurityCouncil’sUNResolution1244. No. 106 109 108 100 104 105 103 107 102 110 101 113 112 86 89 88 80 96 90 98 99 84 94 111 85 95 83 93 87 97 82 92 81 91 Zambia Senegal Vietnam Russian Federation Philippines Saudi Arabia Saint KittsandNevis Palestine United ArabEmirates Ukraine Uganda Tunisia Trinidad andTobago Tajikistan Syrian ArabRepublic Swaziland Somalia Unknown nationality Sudan Sri Lanka South Africa TOTAL: COUNTRY 12,107 1,384 2013 764 242 100 128 116 65 30 67 45 78 78 26 24 13 17 12 21 11 8 4 4 4 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 16,351 2,406 2,052 2014 274 149 210 113 88 94 40 58 38 54 78 62 92 55 10 13 13 12 6 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 (2014/2013) 5550.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 700.00% 100.00% 100.00% 225.00% 138.46% -50.00% 214.92% -37.50% -19.40% 64.06% 49.00% -16.67% -18.97% -64.71% 80.95% 50.00% 66.67% 20.00% 28.89% 48.27% 83.33% 35.05% 17.95% -7.69% 12.82% 18.18% 13.22% +/- (%) 0.00% - -

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 74 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE VISAS ISSUEDAT THEBiHBORDERIN2013AND2014 ANNEX 3 No. 30 34 20 26 28 29 24 33 25 23 32 27 22 19 18 16 10 14 15 13 31 17 21 12 11 8 6 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Mauritania Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Moldova Morocco Kenya Nigeria Algeria Tunisia Kazakhstan Iraq India Ghana Georgia Peru Congo Bangladesh Azerbaijan Armenia Columbia China Cameroon Uzbekistan Thailand Russian Federation Egypt Saudi Arabia Benin Belarus Tanzania Sudan South Africa Sierra Leone Tajikistan TOTAL: COUNTRY 2013 93 19 6 8 6 4 4 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 58 21 8 4 5 3 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 250.00% 425.00% 100.00% -66.67% -94.74% -33.33% -37.63% 50.00% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% - - -

REFUSALS OFENTRYAT THEBiHBORDERIN2013AND2014 ANNEX 4 No. 36 30 38 34 20 29 28 26 24 35 33 37 32 25 23 27 22 16 18 10 19 14 15 13 31 17 12 21 11 6 9 8 4 5 3 7 2 1 Afghanistan Algeria Albania Angola Azerbaijan Australia Armenia Argentina Austria Burkina Faso Bolivia Belgium Belarus Bahamas Columbia China Cameroon France Ghana Bahrain Congo Hungary Canada Germany Georgia Egypt Italy Ireland Iran Ecuador Dominican Republic Indonesia India Cuba Croatia Denmark Czech Republic COUNTRY 2013 274 29 62 24 55 35 14 14 4 4 5 5 5 3 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 346 64 28 24 57 19 13 11 11 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) 1000.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 500.00% 450.00% 200.00% 100.00% 100.00% 150.00% -50.00% -50.00% -20.00% -34.48% -20.00% -64.29% -42.86% -75.00% 26.28% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -7.14% 3.64% 3.23% - - - - -

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 76 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE Red. br. 66 69 68 60 46 40 48 64 49 44 56 50 58 65 39 59 63 45 54 43 76 78 70 67 79 62 47 74 42 55 53 57 75 73 52 77 72 61 41 51 71 Ivory Coast Jordan Jamaica Kenya Kazakhstan Madagascar Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Kosovo (UNSCR1244)* Malta Malaysia Mauritania Macedonia Luxembourg Lebanon Mauritius Slovakia Moldova Lithuania Libya South Africa Slovenia Serbia Switzerland Sweden Spain Senegal Saudi Arabia Russian Federation Poland Montenegro Peru Philippines Sri Lanka Romania Portugal Palestine Pakistan Morocco Oman Norway DRŽAVA 2013 805 258 109 34 12 12 8 6 6 9 8 8 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 762 121 38 26 23 10 10 14 13 17 11 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 300.00% 100.00% -40.00% -40.00% 333.33% -50.00% -50.00% -20.00% 116.67% 112.50% -33.33% -98.17% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 66.67% -53.10% 25.00% 25.00% 55.56% 37.50% 33.33% 16.67% 91.67% -5.34% 11.76% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% ------

* REMARK:ThistitledoesnotprejudgethestatusofKosovoandisinlinewithSecurityCouncil’sUNResolution1244. Red. br. 80 86 88 89 90 84 94 85 83 93 87 82 92 81 91 Syrian ArabRepublic Tajikistan Thailand The Netherlands Ukraine Uganda Turkmenistan Turkey Tunisia Without nationality Uzbekistan United Kingdom United ArabEmirates Unknown nationality TOTAL: DRŽAVA 2,079 2013 141 6 8 9 5 5 3 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1,987 2014 213 10 4 4 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% 400.00% 100.00% 150.00% -80.00% -80.00% -50.00% -77.78% -33.33% 42.86% 51.06% -4.43% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% -

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 78 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE REMARK: ThistitledoesnotprejudgethestatusofKosovoandisinlinewithSecurityCouncil’sUNResolution1244. ILLEGAL CROSSINGSOFTHEBiHBORDERIN2013AND2014 ANNEX 5 No. 20 23 22 16 18 10 19 14 15 13 17 12 21 11 8 6 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Palestine Pakistan Iran Eritrea Egypt Algeria Albania Morocco Syrian ArabRepublic Serbia Croatia Bosnia andHerzegovina Iraq Cameroon Afghanistan Montenegro Unknown nationality Turkey Bulgaria Kosovo (UNSCR1244)* Macedonia Sri Lanka Somalia TOTAL: COUNTRY 2013 228 108 37 16 18 17 6 4 3 3 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2014 189 78 14 13 17 17 12 9 4 4 5 5 3 3 2 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 400.00% 200.00% 550.00% 250.00% -42.86% -54.05% -43.75% -27.78% -29.41% 50.00% -72.22% -17,11% +/- (%) ------

TEMPORARY RESIDENCEPERMITSISSUEDINBiH2013AND2014 ANNEX 6 No. 30 36 38 20 26 28 34 29 24 35 33 25 23 37 32 27 22 18 16 19 10 14 15 13 17 31 21 12 11 6 8 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Argentina Algeria Albania Canada Cameroon Burkina Faso Azerbaijan Austria Australia Armenia Afghanistan Chad Brazil Bolivia Bulgaria Bangladesh Bahrain Congo, DemocraticRepublic China Belgium Belarus Barbados Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Ecuador Dominican Republic Denmark Czech Republic Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Finland France Georgia Greece Ghana Germany COUNTRY 1,028 2013 674 319 331 49 54 43 23 27 18 14 13 13 21 11 11 6 8 8 8 4 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,104 1,213 2014 368 361 60 44 39 34 35 19 19 10 71 17 11 8 9 4 4 4 3 3 7 2 2 2 2 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% 300.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% -50.00% -36.36% -62.50% -30.77% 44.90% 50.00% 44.44% -18.52% 79.97% 61.90% 39.53% 30.77% 16.67% -9.09% 15.36% 57.14% 35.71% 52.17% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 9.06% 5.56% 7.39% - -

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 80 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE No. 66 68 60 69 64 46 48 49 40 44 65 56 58 63 59 50 39 67 76 45 54 78 70 79 43 62 74 47 42 55 53 57 75 73 52 77 72 61 41 51 71 Mauritius Mauritania Malaysia Kuwait Mexico Korea, Republic Macedonia Luxembourg Lithuania Iraq New Zealand Nepal Morocco Montenegro Kenya Micronesia Ivory Coast Libya Lebanon Kyrgyzstan Iran Latvia Italy Israel Island Ireland Indonesia Hungary Guinea Bissau Pakistan Norway Nigeria Mongolia Moldova Kazakhstan Japan India Jordan COUNTRY 2013 539 637 181 40 45 20 29 18 18 18 14 15 8 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 646 580 138 210 36 30 28 24 33 41 21 11 11 8 8 6 8 9 9 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% 300.00% 245.00% 100.00% 100.00% -60.00% -40.00% 125.00% -50.00% -45.00% -20.00% 127.78% 40.00% -16.67% -16.67% 50.00% 50.00% 20.00% 25.00% 83.33% 37.50% 33.33% 16.02% 14.29% 12.50% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 3.45% 7.61% 1.41% - - - -

Red. 106 108 100 109 104 105 103 107 102 116 101 118 110 119 114 115 113 117 112 br. 80 88 98 90 86 96 99 89 84 94 111 95 85 83 93 87 97 82 92 81 91 The Netherlands Thailand Philippines Turkey Tunisia Switzerland Sweden Palestine Tajikistan Syrian ArabRepublic Venezuela Poland United ArabEmirates Ukraine Uganda Swaziland Sudan Serbia Saudi Arabia Peru Tanzania Somalia Slovenia Slovakia Zambia Yemen Vietnam Uzbekistan Unknown nationality United StatesofAmerica United Kingdom South Africa Portugal Sri Lanka Senegal Russian Federation Spain Rumania TOTAL: DRŽAVA 2,040 2,360 9,953 2013 243 144 218 60 36 36 39 82 62 35 72 16 10 41 14 13 17 4 4 4 5 3 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 11,022 1,959 2,431 2014 202 233 173 80 80 56 58 30 30 20 29 29 74 42 32 10 15 9 4 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% 200.00% 150.00% -50.00% 123.08% -50.00% -48.39% -25.00% -23.08% -16.99% -19.44% 66.67% 36.59% 25.00% 25.00% 76.47% 28.57% 16.67% 23.33% 20.14% 10.74% 65.71% -2.44% -7.34% 19.17% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -4.12% 11.11% 7.14% ------

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 82 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE PERMANENT RESIDENCEPERMITSISSUEDINBiH2013AND2014 ANNEX 7 No. 36 30 38 20 34 26 28 29 24 35 33 37 25 23 32 27 22 16 18 10 19 14 15 13 31 17 12 21 11 8 6 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Philippines France Finland Bulgaria Belarus Albania Ethiopia Estonia Egypt Australia Armenia Algeria Czech Republic Montenegro Austria The Netherlands Georgia Greece Belgium Azerbaijan India Croatia Iraq Iran Jordan Italy Ireland China Kenya Canada Malaysia Macedonia Hungary Lithuania Libya Lebanon Latvia Kuwait COUNTRY 2013 138 94 54 28 78 9 4 5 5 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 138 86 93 82 10 18 11 6 9 9 8 4 5 5 3 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 300.00% 100.00% 100.00% 150.00% -50.00% -66.67% -28.57% 40.00% -14.29% -35.71% 59.26% 28.57% 14.29% 57.14% -1.06% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 5.13% ------

Red. br. 60 64 48 49 46 40 44 58 56 59 50 63 39 54 45 62 43 47 42 55 53 57 52 61 41 51 Sweden Switzerland Swaziland Ukraine Thailand Saudi Arabia Sudan United StatesofAmerica Syrian ArabRepublic Senegal Turkey Tunisia United Kingdom United ArabEmirates Russian Federation Serbia Slovenia Slovakia Romania Poland Pakistan Nepal Germany Norway Moldova Morocco TOTAL: DRŽAVA 2013 713 48 30 55 18 16 10 15 8 5 5 5 5 7 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2014 763 28 77 41 13 17 11 6 6 6 9 9 6 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 500.00% 100.00% -60.00% -40.00% -40.00% -40.00% -40.00% -50.00% -62.50% -25.00% 80.00% 40.00% -14.58% 85.71% 57.14% -6.67% -5.56% +/- (%) 0.00% 7.01% - - - - -

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M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 84 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN AGAINSTFOREIGNNATIONALS IN2014 ANNEX 8 No. 36 30 34 20 26 29 28 24 35 33 25 23 32 27 22 18 19 16 10 14 15 31 13 17 21 12 11 9 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Ethiopia Estonia Germany France Egypt Ghana Denmark Djibouti Korea, Republic Jordan Japan Libya Kosovo (UNSCR1244)* Hungary Malaysia Iraq Macedonia Lithuania China Central AfricanRepublic Czech Republic India Iran Italy Columbia Cameroon Croatia Bulgaria Brazil Azerbaijan Algeria Australia Austria Afghanistan Albania COUNTRY Temporary residence visa and Residence revoked Non- 131 96 24 22 10 13 12 6 4 4 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 Permanent residence 38 8 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 residence and non-visa or temporary expulsion Revoked 4 1 1 1 1 1 Expulsion 39 38 22 16 11 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Placed under Immigration supervision Centre at the 39 15 17 4 4 4 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * REMARK:ThistitledoesnotprejudgethestatusofKosovoand isinlinewiththeSecurityCouncil’sUNResolution1244. No. 66 60 64 46 48 49 40 44 65 56 58 59 50 63 38 39 54 45 43 62 47 42 55 53 57 52 61 41 51 United StatesofAmerica Sudan Sri Lanka Vietnam United Kingdom Switzerland Syrian ArabRepublic Somalia Russian Federation Slovenia Slovakia Serbia Romania Philippines Palestine Ukraine Turkey Mongolia Tunisia The Netherlands Pakistan Montenegro Portugal Poland Nigeria Morocco Moldova Mauritius Mali TOTAL: COUNTRY Temporary residence visa and Residence revoked Non- 163 817 213 22 15 15 15 11 6 3 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 Permanent residence 83 8 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 residence and non-visa or temporary expulsion Revoked 59 41 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Expulsion 380 99 43 8 9 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Placed under Immigration supervision Centre at the 218 37 23 12 4 4 4 5 3 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 85

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 86 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION (ASYLUM) SUBMITTED TO RELEVANT STATETO 2014 BODIESFROM 2005 ANNEX 9 No. 30 34 29 28 26 20 24 35 33 32 25 23 27 22 18 16 19 10 14 31 15 13 17 21 12 11 9 8 6 4 5 3 7 2 1 Palestine Pakistan Poland Morocco Montenegro Nigeria Myanmar Moldova Macedonia Lithuania Libya Kazakhstan Jordan Germany Haiti Iraq Hungary Iran India France Georgia Ethiopia Eritrea Egypt Congo, DR Croatia China Central AfricanRepublic Armenia Algeria Albania Brazil Cameroon Bangladesh Afghanistan COUNTRY 17 8 5 3 3 2005 7 3 2 2 1 1 Applications 20 4 8 5 3 3 7 3 2 1 1 Persons 2006 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Applications 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Persons 3 2 2 2 2007 1 1 1 1 Applications 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Persons 6 4 2008 2 1 1 1 1 Applications 6 7 2 2 1 1 1 Persons 2009 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Applications 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Persons 11 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2010 1 Applications 11 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Persons 10 4 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 Applications 2011 10 6 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 Persons 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Applications 2012 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Persons 8 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Applications 2013 8 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Persons 10 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Applications 2014 10 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Persons 29 23 25 10 18 15 13 17 6 6 9 8 9 4 3 3 3 5 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Applications TOTAL 29 29 25 18 15 15 12 17 11 6 6 9 9 4 3 3 3 3 7 2 2 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Persons No. 48 49 46 40 44 50 38 36 39 45 43 47 42 37 41 Without nationality United StatesofAmerica Ukraine Turkey Tunisia Syrian ArabRepublic Sudan Sri Lanka Slovenia Serbia andMontenegro Serbia Saudi Arabia Russian Federation Somalia Romania TOTAL: COUNTRY 36 97 3 2005 2 2 1 1 Applications 146 78 3 3 2 2 1 Persons 37 21 2006 2 2 Applications 69 52 2 2 Persons 149 132 3 1 Applications 2007 564 581 3 1 Persons 46 28 2008 1 1 Applications 95 73 1 1 Persons 32 17 2009 1 1 1 1 Applications 55 71 2 1 1 1 Persons 38 12 1 1 Applications 2010 64 35 1 1 Persons 41 7 2 1 Applications 2011 46 9 2 1 Persons 40 22 3 1 Applications 2012 53 35 3 1 Persons 36 73 4 1 1 1 1 Applications 2013 100 59 8 1 1 1 1 Persons 45 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 Applications 2014 45 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 Persons 598 204 65 57 6 6 4 4 4 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 Applications TOTAL 1,270 748 130 102 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 5 2 1 1 1 Persons 87

M INISTRY OF S ECURITY - S ECTOR FOR I mm IGRATION 88 B OSNIA AND H ERZEGOVINA - M IGRATION P ROFILE NUMBER OFISSUEDWORKPERMITSTOFOREIGNNATIONALS INBiH2013AND2014 ANNEX 10 No. 36 30 38 34 26 29 28 20 24 35 33 37 25 32 23 27 22 16 18 19 10 14 31 15 13 17 21 12 11 8 6 9 4 5 3 7 2 1 Iran Ireland Iraq Italy Israel Korea. Republic Korea. DemocraticRepublic Jordan Indonesia India Hungary Japan Greece Ivory Coast Germany France Egypt Dominican Republic Denmark Czech Republic Croatia Belgium Brazil Bolivia Cameroon Bulgaria China Canada Albania Belarus Bangladesh Bahrain Australia Argentina Algeria Austria Azerbaijan COUNTRY OFORIGIN 2013 350 231 49 92 16 16 10 15 51 17 6 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 288 237 44 53 10 81 10 18 10 12 5 5 3 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% -100.00% 200.00% 200.00% 100.00% 100.00% -50.00% -66.67% -37.50% -37.50% -28.57% -33.33% -33.33% 66.67% 66.67% 20.00% -71.43% -11.96% -13.73% -17.71% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 5.88% 2.60% 8.16% ------

No. 60 66 68 69 48 46 49 40 64 44 56 50 58 59 65 63 39 54 45 76 67 43 70 62 47 74 42 55 53 57 75 73 52 72 61 41 51 71 Norway Netherland Antilles Nepal Montenegro Mongolia Mexico Romania Qatar Poland Palestine Pakistan Saudi Arabia Russian Federation Portugal Macedonia Malaysia Turkey Senegal United StatesofAmerica United Kingdom Ukraine Uzbekistan Lithuania Libya Lebanon Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Tunisia Serbia Slovakia Sweden Swaziland The Netherlands Syrian ArabRepublic South Africa Slovenia Switzerland Spain COUNTRY OFORIGIN TOTAL: 2,563 2013 809 354 96 60 70 28 23 23 16 10 10 15 13 71 11 8 6 9 4 4 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2,197 2014 642 319 69 36 45 26 24 52 52 16 13 12 6 8 8 6 9 4 5 3 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (2014/2013) -100.00% -100.00% -60.00% -40.00% -50.00% -50.00% -66.67% -20.64% -25.00% -47.83% -78.26% -26.76% -10.00% -14.28% 50.00% 50.00% 20.00% -53.13% 25.00% 23.08% 73.33% -9.89% 85.71% 18.18% +/- (%) 0.00% 0.00% -11.11% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -1.43% ------

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