Bosnia and Herzegovina Migration Profile for the year 2014 Sarajevo, May 2015 Supported by: Technical support: Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Contents ROFILE P IGRATION - M Summary ...............................................................................................................................................................5 ERZEGOVINA I INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 9 H AND 1. Sources and Methodology for Data Gathering, Classification and Processing .......................................................................................................................... 9 OSNIA B 2. Data Availability and Quality ........................................................................................................................10 3. Level of Compliance with EU Regulation 862/2007 .......................................................................................11 4. Consultations ...................................................................................................................................................11 II BiH MIGRATION PROFILE .............................................................................................................................. 13 1. Visas ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 1.1. Visas Issued by BiH DCMs ........................................................................................................................ 13 1.2. Visas Issued at the Border ....................................................................................................................... 15 2. Refusal of Entry and Illegal Border Crossings ...............................................................................................18 2.1. Refusal of Entry into BiH ..........................................................................................................................18 2.2. Discovered Illegal State Border Crossings ............................................................................................. 21 3. Temporary and Permanent Residence of Foreign Nationals ......................................................................24 3.1. Temporary Residence ..............................................................................................................................24 3.2. Permanent Residence .............................................................................................................................29 4. Illegal Migration and Measures Undertaken against Foreign Nationals ..................................................... 31 4.1. Revocation of Residence .........................................................................................................................32 4.2. Orders of deportation .............................................................................................................................33 4.3. Placing Foreign Nationals under Supervision ........................................................................................34 4.4. Forcible Removal of Foreign Nationals from BiH ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 5. Return of Irregular Migrants..........................................................................................................................35 5.1. Voluntary Return of BiH Nationals to BiH with IOM Assistance ������������������������������������������������������������35 5.2. Voluntary Return of Foreign Nationals from BiH to Countries of Origin with IOM Assistance ..........................................................................................37 5.3. Voluntary return of foreign nationals from BIH into their countries of origin with the assistance of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs ���������������������������������������������������� 39 5.4. Admission and Return under Readmission Agreements ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 40 5.4.1. Admission and Return under the Readmission Agreements ����������������������������������������������������� 40 5.4.2. Admission and Return under the Readmission Agreement with the Republic of Croatia ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������41 5.5. Independent Voluntary Return of Foreign Nationals from BiH ������������������������������������������������������������43 6. International Protection (Asylum) ............................................................................................................... 44 7. Work Permits Issued to Foreign Nationals ................................................................................................... 49 8. Acquiring BiH Citizenship ...............................................................................................................................52 9. Emigration from BiH ..................................................................................................................................... 54 9.1. Overall assessment of migration flows ................................................................................................. 54 9.2. Number of emigrants ............................................................................................................................. 54 2 IGRATION mm I FOR ECTOR S 9.3. Status of emigrants .............................................................................................................................. 56 - 9.4. Remittances ......................................................................................................................................... 60 ECURITY 10. BiH Immigration Policy, Legal and Institutional Framework ......................................................................62 S OF 10.1. Immigration Policy ...............................................................................................................................62 10.2. Legal Framework .................................................................................................................................62 10.3. Institutional Framework ..................................................................................................................... 64 INISTRY M ANNEX 1 ............................................................................................................................................................. 70 ANNEX 2 .............................................................................................................................................................. 71 ANNEX 3 ..............................................................................................................................................................74 ANNEX 5 ............................................................................................................................................................. 78 ANNEX 6 ............................................................................................................................................................ 79 ANNEX 7 ..............................................................................................................................................................82 ANNEX 8 ............................................................................................................................................................ 84 ANNEX 9 ............................................................................................................................................................ 86 ANNEX 10 .......................................................................................................................................................... 88 3 ROFILE P IGRATION - M ERZEGOVINA H AND OSNIA B 4 IGRATION mm I FOR ECTOR S - ECURITY S OF INISTRY M Summary The Bosnia and Herzegovina Migration Profile (hereinafter: BiH Migration Profile) resulted from the need to establish a mechanism for gathering statistical data on migration and international protection, a system for processing migration statistics, and a system for timely and adequate reporting on migration flows in BiH. The aim of this document is to provide the BiH Council of Ministers with an insight into key migration trends, and the Ministry of Security with the possibility of developing adequate policies and adopting relevant regulations. This document also provides international organisations active in the field of migration with a more comprehensive insight into migration trends in BiH. The annually updated BiH Migration Profile fulfils a commitment from the Visa Liberalisation Road Map presented by the European Commission to BiH authorities in June 2008 with respect to “Migration management” - “set up and start to apply a mechanism for the monitoring of migration flows, defining a regularly updated migration profile for Bosnia and Herzegovina, with data both on illegal and legal migration, and establishing bodies responsible for collection and analysis of data on migration stocks and flows.” A comprehensive