Baby Amir* was only 7 days old when we met his mother Zahra* at Bira migrant and refugee camp in Bihac, Una-Sana Canton, in north-west Bosnia and Herzegovina.
They are called “children on the move”. Children who have been travelling for years to reach a country where, as they’ve been told, “they will be just fine ...”.
Eight months on the “Balkan route” have cut Sirvan’s* childhood short. He and his parents escaped from the hardships of their home country Iraq to look for a safer home and have been on the road since...
Protecting borders should not come at the expense of protecting people. Ahead of the Western Balkan Summit we call on Heads of States in the EU and in the Western Balkans to address the following concerns and recommendations...
North West Balkans 
Salakovac, May 2018. Photo: Goran Djemidzic/UNICEF BiH
