SARAJEVO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is faced with the increased influx of migrants whose number exceeded 3,500 since the beginning of this year, three times more than the total number of registered migrants in 2017, official data revealed on Thursday.

At a meeting held in BiH's capital Sarajevo, director of Service for Foreigners' Affairs Slobodan Ujic informed BiH Ombudsman for Human Rights, Jasminka Dzumhur, of the increase of influx of migrants, according to a statement from BiH Service for Foreigners' Affairs.

Ujic said the Service for Foreigners' Affairs takes biometric data and registers migrants to deal with the situation.

For her part, Dzumhur pointed to the need for cooperation among the institutions in order to protect migrants' human rights and BiH residents.

At a session held on Thursday afternoon, members of BiH Presidency urged BiH Council of Ministers to urgently hold a meeting and propose measures to deal with the sharp increase of migrants.