(ANSA-AFP) - BRUSSELS, JAN 12 - Bosnia risks "severe
consequences" to its reputation if assistance is not urgently
given to 1,700 migrants left without shelter for more than three
weeks, the EU's foreign policy chief warned Monday. Authorities
in the non-EU country need to "quickly scale up their actions to
address the grave humanitarian situation," the EU's Josep
Borrell told the Serb member of Bosnia's joint presidency,
Milorad Dodik, in a phone call, Borrell's spokesman said. Those
authorities should "take full responsibility, urgent action and
do what it takes to provide immediate assistance and work on
longer term solutions," Borrell told Dodik. The blunt words
reflected frustration over the slow and minimal action taken so
far to help the migrants despite repeated urgings from Brussels
and 3.5 million euros ($4.3 million) in extra aid for the
emergency. Most of the migrants are from Pakistan and
Afghanistan and they include children. (ANSA-AFP).
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