The N1 team visited the “Salakovac” asylum centre after some 270 migrants came there from Sarajevo. The asylum is taking in new migrants while some have already left. Currently, some 200 of them are residing in the asylum. There are those who wish to stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

“Some migrants want to stay, others are heading towards the EU countries. I wish to stay. I’ve travelled for the past nine months. I’m tired, it was a difficult path, across the mountains, away from the police… This is the path of my life,” a Pakistani migrant Khander Han told N1.

“Bosnian government will give me the asylum, I will stay here. Conditions are good here. I think they will let me stay here, maybe a year, maybe six months,” said Aseb, another migrant from Pakistan. Some 30 persons with the status of refugees are living in “Salakovac” together with the migrants.

During N1’s visit to “Salakovac,” Bosnian Human Rights and Refugees’ Minister Semiha Borovac also stayed in the centre and said that everyone who entered the centre was registered, photographed and their data was taken and submitted to the Bosnian Foreigners’ Affairs Service and the Ministry of Security to monitor asylum applications and security-related issues.