Director of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs Slobodan Ujić received EUFOR Commander in B&H Major General Alexander Platzer in an inaugural visit.

EUFOR Assistant Commander, Brigadier Herbert Haller, Law Enforcement Liaison Officer Aleš Perko, Deputy Director of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs Mirsad Buzar, and Chief of Staff Branislav Mojević also attended the meeting.

Director of the Service, Slobodan Ujić, informed Major General Platzer and his associates about the competencies and activities of the Service, the challenges that the Service faces, especially when it comes to the lack of human and material-technical capacities of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs.

They also discussed the current situation regarding the increased influx of migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was pointed out that the most complicated situation is in the Sarajevo Canton and the Una-Sana Canton, where there are temporary reception centers where about 6,000 migrants are currently staying.

Major General Platzer emphasized that migration is a global problem facing Bosnia and Herzegovina, and stressed the role and importance of the Service for Foreigners' Affairs in the fight against illegal migration.