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Temporary Protection for Mass Displacement

Bosnia and HerzegovinaHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

Temporary protection is an urgent and temporary group mechanism for a mass influx, not an individual asylum decision or a visa. The Council of Ministers establishes it by decision on a Ministry of Security proposal, after consultations with UNHCR and other relevant international organisations. The Ministry then grants the status under that decision. The law alone does not show that a particular temporary-protection decision is currently active.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured Law on Asylum is Official Gazette 11/16; no official consolidated text confirming amendments through 2026 was obtained in this run. The Ministry information PDF listed for asylum seekers returned HTTP 404. Do not treat this candidate as proof that a temporary-protection group decision is currently active.
  • No independent literal or legal review has been performed.
  • Law on Asylum 11/16, Article 2(i)
    privremena zaštita je zaštita hitnog i privremenog karaktera koja se odobrava strancu u situacijama masovnog priliva, u skladu s ovim zakonom;
  • Law on Asylum 11/16, Article 57(1)
    Vijeće ministara BiH, na prijedlog Ministarstva, u slučaju masovnog priliva stranaca kojima je potrebna zaštita, donosi odluku kojom se osigurava privremena zaštita tih lica.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

The law covers foreigners arriving en masse who have left their country of origin and cannot return because of armed conflict or systematic and general human-rights violations. It also covers foreigners who were already in Bosnia and Herzegovina when those circumstances arose and are temporarily unable to return. The Council of Ministers’ decision determines the number of people protected and any grounds for increasing that number. No current nationality-specific group is established by the law alone.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured Law on Asylum is Official Gazette 11/16; no official consolidated text confirming amendments through 2026 was obtained in this run. The Ministry information PDF listed for asylum seekers returned HTTP 404. Do not treat this candidate as proof that a temporary-protection group decision is currently active.
  • No independent literal or legal review has been performed.
  • Law on Asylum 11/16, Article 2(k)
    masovni priliv je dolazak velikog broja stranaca koji su napustili svoju zemlju porijekla i ne mogu se u nju vratiti zbog oružanog sukoba ili sistematskog i općeg kršenja ljudskih prava;
  • Law on Asylum 11/16, Article 58(a)
    strancima koji masovno dolaze u BiH, a koji su napustili svoju zemlju porijekla i ne mogu se u nju vratiti zbog oružanog sukoba ili sistematskog i općeg kršenja ljudskih prava;
  • Law on Asylum 11/16, Article 58(b)
    strancima koji su u vrijeme nastanka okolnosti iz tačke a) ovog člana boravili u BiH, a vraćanje u zemlju porijekla im je privremeno onemogućeno zbog nastanka tih okolnosti.
  • Law on Asylum 11/16, Article 57(3)
    Vijeće ministara BiH određuje broj lica kojima će biti pružena privremena zaštita

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

There is no ordinary individual visa application described for this group mechanism. The Council of Ministers must first issue a temporary-protection decision on the Ministry’s proposal; the Ministry of Security grants protection to people covered by that decision. The statutory text does not state a public application location or individual intake form for a specific group decision.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured Law on Asylum is Official Gazette 11/16; no official consolidated text confirming amendments through 2026 was obtained in this run. The Ministry information PDF listed for asylum seekers returned HTTP 404. Do not treat this candidate as proof that a temporary-protection group decision is currently active.
  • No independent literal or legal review has been performed.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

People granted temporary protection have statutory rights to stay, basic living conditions and accommodation, an identity document, primary health care, primary and secondary education, free legal aid, labour-market access, family reunification and guardianship for an unaccompanied minor or legally incapacitated person. Protection is initially granted for one year and automatically extended twice by six months; the Council of Ministers may add one year if the reasons remain. A person may also apply for asylum while keeping these rights. These provisions do not set the terms of any currently active group decision.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The captured Law on Asylum is Official Gazette 11/16; no official consolidated text confirming amendments through 2026 was obtained in this run. The Ministry information PDF listed for asylum seekers returned HTTP 404. Do not treat this candidate as proof that a temporary-protection group decision is currently active.
  • No independent literal or legal review has been performed.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The Ministry of Security is the authority that grants temporary protection under a Council of Ministers decision. The Ministry’s Sector for Asylum is responsible for asylum policy and procedure, registration and reception, and its contact channel is +387 33 213 623 and kabinet.ministra@msb.gov.ba.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The captured Law on Asylum is Official Gazette 11/16; no official consolidated text confirming amendments through 2026 was obtained in this run. The Ministry information PDF listed for asylum seekers returned HTTP 404. Do not treat this candidate as proof that a temporary-protection group decision is currently active.
  • No independent literal or legal review has been performed.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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