IOM Head in BiH: A group of migrants set fire to the Lipa migrant camp (VIDEO)

As for now, it seems that there were no casualties, the IOM official tweeted, calling the new development a “disaster.”

The camp was initially set to close down last weekend but the closure was postponed several times, as the country’s state-level authorities were expected to find a solution to the accommodation of more than 1,300 migrants currently staying in this improvised settlement.

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Migrants staying at Lipa had no access to electricity, running water or sewage. The camp also provided no adequate protection against winter weather conditions.

Although Bosnia's government, formally the Council of Ministers, officially approved on Monday the forming of the temporary migrant camp ‘Lipa’, which would consist of adapted shipping containers able to house 1,500 migrants in the Bihac area, the IOM said the potential works in the camp cannot be conducted while the migrants are still there.

Locals in the nearby town Bihac, however, reject the potential reopening of the ‘Bira’ camp that was closed in late September in order to keep migrants away from urban areas.