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Cross-border Cooperation: Strengthening Migration Management in the Western Balkans

Podgorica - IOM Mission to Montenegro hosted an official visit of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Montenegro. 

Apart from several members of the delegation of both countries, on this occasion Directors of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina met with the Assistant Director for Border Police Sector and General Director of the Directorate for Admin Affairs, Citizenship and Foreigners and discussed about the implementation of readmission agreements and cooperation with migrants’ countries of origin.  

The meeting took place within the framework of the Western Balkans Readmission Capacity Building Facility (WBCAP), a program funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark. The visit aimed not only to enhance existing cooperation but also to explore opportunities for future activities and increased collaboration to ensure efficient and humanitarian migration management.

IOM's active role in facilitating this dialogue underscores its commitment to advancing regional migration management and readmission processes in the Western Balkans.

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For more information, please contact Edina Osmanović, tel: +382 68 865 005, email: eosmanovic@iom.int 
 

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