(ANSA) - BRUXELLES, 15 GEN - The European Union warned
Bosnia-Herzegovina over the humanitarian crisis in the northwest
of the country, where nearly 2,500 refugees are currently living
in extremely precarious conditions. "If Bosnia-Herzegovina is
unable to meet the EU's demands" and "international obligations"
to resolve the crisis in the Lipa camp, "there will be
consequences" also with regard to the country's "aspiration" to
join the EU, the spokesperson of the EU Commission for foreign
policy, Peter Stano, said today
Migrants "are trapped in this situation which is largely due
to the inability of" national "authorities to implement the
necessary decisions and to respect their commitments", Stano
warned, underlining that "the whole issue is already negatively
affecting the image of Bosnia-Herzegovina "and that there may be
concrete reactions and steps" against Sarajevo by the EU if the
situation is not urgently resolved.
The issue is "the subject of a very intense discussion in
Brussels, in the EU capitals and on the ground", added the
spokesperson. (ANSA).
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