A/HRC/44/42/Add.2 entitled outdoor activities for months. With regard to access to free legal aid, the Special Rapporteur was concerned to learn that detainees at the facility had virtually no access to free legal aid. Information on how to request legal aid was not provided at the facility. VII. Restrictions on the freedom of movement of migrants 61. Although the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not consider there to be any limitations on the freedom of movement of migrants in the country, during the visit, the Special Rapporteur received ample evidence proving that such limitations existed and were extensive. 62. According to the coordination body for monitoring the movement of migrants established by Republika Srpska, its mandate is to monitor the movement of migrants in an irregular situation and provide humanitarian transit. The relevant authorities of the coordination body informed the Special Rapporteur that the police of Republika Srpska did not prohibit migrants from leaving the Sarajevo-Bihać train nor restrict their movement through the entity. According to the authorities of Republika Srpska, all migrants who had registered their intention to file asylum applications enjoyed full freedom of movement in the direction towards their designated migrant centre, as indicated in their certificate of registration. Should migrants be found not to have a certificate, they are referred to the Banja Luka field office of the Service for Foreigners’ Affairs. However, the Special Rapporteur received numerous allegations of restrictions on the freedom of movement of migrants, including asylum seekers, imposed by the police of Republika Srpska. Migrants on the train from Sarajevo by way of Banja Luka to Bihać were reportedly not allowed to disembark on the territory of the entity. That confirms the Special Rapporteur’s understanding of the position of Republika Srpska not to accept any migrant reception centre on its territory, but only to provide a corridor for migrants to reach the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Special Rapporteur took note that Republika Srpska lacked the necessary capacities to provide accommodation and care for migrants or to establish reception centres on its own. Nevertheless, he wishes to stress that providing support to the efforts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in responding to migration challenges is primarily a question of solidarity. Migrant reception centres established in other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina received strong support from the international community. 63. Although the authorities of Una-Sana Canton have in fact been shouldering the responsibility of the influx of migrants, with limited support from other parts of the country, they have also imposed restrictions on the freedom of movement of migrants, including asylum seekers. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that those restrictions have been enforced without any legal basis, since October 2018. Based on the information received from various sources, the police of Una-Sana Canton stop all buses and trains entering the Canton and ask all migrants to disembark. As a result of collective efforts by civil society and the relevant United Nations agencies, women and children have usually been allowed to continue their journey or provided with transportation services by IOM. Single male migrants were all forced to get off the bus or train, although they had purchased tickets for the ride. The restrictions resulted in migrants, including duly registered asylum seekers, being obliged to disembark from public transportation at the entry of the Canton and left with no choice but to walk for hours to reach reception centres. In addition, migrants were in practice mostly interdicted from using taxis or public transportation within Una-Sana Canton. In addition, the Special Rapporteur learned about incidents where police rounded up migrants, mainly single men, in the city and forcibly escorted them to the Vucjak site. VIII. Pushback 64. Most of the migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina have attempted to cross the border into Croatia, and the Special Rapporteur received reliable information about violent pushback against migrants and asylum seekers by the border police of Croatia, which forcibly returned them to the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the testimonies received, many migrants were forcibly escorted back into Bosnia and Herzegovina, without going through any official procedure. The specific tactics vary, however, common patterns include the capture of people on the move, the confiscation of their property, especially communications equipment, being beaten with batons and chased by dogs with the purpose of physically 12