Bosnia Lacks Border Guards to Handle Migrant Crisis – BIRN

January 30, 2020

The spokesperson for the BiH Border Police has said the border police lack sufficient officers to stop migrants from illegally entering BiH.

The rulebook on its internal organisation says the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina should have 2,426 officers, but currently has only 2,038, which is 388 less, Franka Vican, a spokeswoman for the state border police, told BIRN.

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