The body of the migrant who went missing on Tuesday afternoon was found, Wednesday, the local police spokesperson Ale Siljdedic told N1.
“The migrant's body was found near the local hotel ‘Sedra’,” Siljdedic said.
Una-Sana Canton's police and divers were called to action after receiving a report that an Afghan migrant was last seen entering the Una river near the North-Western town of Cazin, situated in this canton.
An eye-witness described the situation and said he and other migrants from the local migrant centre tried to help, but the man disappeared under the surface of the river and they had not seen him since.
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The Una-Sana Canton has been especially interesting to migrants entering the country from the direction of Serbia and Montenegro because it is closest to the border with the EU.
Last year, 25,000 migrants entered the country and competent authorities estimate that there are around 9,000 of them in the country right now.
Migrants started flocking to Bosnia after Bulgaria and Hungary imposed strict border controls and stopped migrants from entering their country, effectively blocking the migrants’ “Balkan route.”
They have no wish of staying in Bosnia or eastern EU member states, though, but want to continue their path to Western EU states like Germany, France and Austria, hoping to find a better life.
Of the 9,000 migrants residing in the country, authorities say only about 8 percent are refugees, the rest being economic migrants.
