Minister of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina Miloš Lučić today signed a Protocol on cooperation in the project "Sustainable Integration of Foreigners with International Protection Status", with the American humanitarian organization "Catholic Relief Services" of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The project aims to provide refugees and foreigners under subsidiary protection with access to all areas of community life (health, social, educational rights and access to the labor market), the B&H Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees said.

The project will improve the existing legal framework regarding the exercise of the rights of persons with international protection, strengthen the readiness of local communities to respond to the needs of these persons, and support their integration into B&H society through an individual approach.

These are persons who already have a recognized status, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, like any other country signatory to international conventions, has an obligation to provide them with access to these rights. With this protocol, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of B&H and CRS continue their long-term cooperation and harmonize responsibilities for the realization of project goals.