A/HRC/44/42/Add.2 43. In his preliminary findings at the end of the official visit, the Special Rapporteur concurred with the assessment made by the United Nations country team concerning the Vucjak site and highlighted his concerns about the significant safety and health risks at the camp. He found the location of the site to be absolutely inappropriate and inadequate for accommodating human beings. For fear of any loss of life in the forthcoming winter, the Special Rapporteur urged the relevant authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the end of his visit, to cease the forcible escorting of migrants to that site and to urgently identify an alternative location to accommodate those migrants, prioritizing minors. After the visit, the same appeal was made to the State authorities in a follow-up letter dated 28 October 2019. 44. In that regard, the Special Rapporteur welcomes the actions taken by the relevant authorities. He was pleased to learn from the State authorities that the Vucjak site was finally dismantled on 11 December 2019. With the assistance provided by IOM, migrants who were located at the camp were transferred to Blažuj, a newly identified reception location near Sarajevo. V. Access to asylum procedures and services provided to asylum seekers A. Factors hindering fair and efficient access to asylum procedures 45. Based on the information provided by the authorities and the relevant United Nations agencies, of the 40,000 migrants who arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina between January 2018 and August 2019, 93 per cent expressed their intention to seek asylum in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur, only 5.4 per cent of those who had expressed that intention chose to, and were able to, file an asylum application formally with the Sector for Asylum, due to the multiple barriers in law and in practice that hindered fair and efficient access to asylum procedures. 46. The Law on asylum provides that the attestation of the expressed intent to apply for asylum is valid for 14 days. In practice, 14 days is a very short period for asylum seekers to submit a formal asylum application, owing to a number of factors. The Special Rapporteur notes with concern that the Ministry of Security has not allocated sufficient resources to the Sector for Asylum to allow it to receive applications and process registrations during situations of mass influx. The Law on asylum requires that applicants register their temporary addresses with the competent authorities. In practice, it is not feasible for the majority of asylum seekers in the country who live outside the two official reception centres, including the five temporary reception centres, private accommodations or shelters, to do so. While most migrants are sheltered in Una-Sana Canton, the Sector for Asylum, which is in charge of receiving and registering asylum applications, does not have an office there. The first registration exercise conducted in Una-Sana Canton in 2019 did not take place until July, at a location where 110 individuals were registered. At the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur, there remained approximately 1,200 individuals awaiting asylum registration in the country. Delays in the asylum procedures are significant and have effectively become a deterrent for some asylum seekers to pursuing their asylum claims in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 47. Other factors hindering fair and efficient access to asylum procedures include the requirement of a KM 10 (approximately €5) administrative fee for the registration of an address for persons who are not accommodated in the two official reception centres and the lack of legal aid and interpretation services provided by the State. 48. The Special Rapporteur expressed his concerns regarding the above-mentioned obstacles faced by asylum seekers in the country. The Special Rapporteur was pleased to hear that the relevant authorities expressed their willingness to look into those issues. It was agreed by some officials that the KM 10 administrative fee should be removed. With regard to legal aid, every asylum seeker in Bosnia and Herzegovina is entitled by law to free legal aid. According to the Law on the provision of free legal aid, the office on the provision of free legal aid, within the Ministry of Justice, is the competent body that is mandated to provide the service. The Special Rapporteur unfortunately did not meet with a representative from that office. Based on the information collected from various stakeholders, he was only made aware of legal aid being provided by Vaša Prava Bosnia and Herzegovina, a non- 9