Source: RTS; Photo: RTS; Video: RTS Belgrade, April 02, 2025 - A two-day conference dedicated to the fight against illegal immigration was held in London. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for international cooperation to eliminate smuggling networks. Radoš Đurović, Director…

Belgrade, April 2, 2025 – In the second half of 2024, new trends have emerged regarding the approach to the reception and accommodation of refugees moving through Serbia, as well as in the way institutions manage migration. These changes are…

Source: APC Photo: APC Subotica, March 28, 2025 - Overview of the situation at Serbia’s northern borders with the EU since the beginning of 2025. -Accommodation and Reception Only in Southern Camps – Preševo, Bujanovac, and Sjenica are the only…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, March 18, 2025 – Three years have passed since the beginning of the war in Ukraine and the granting of temporary protection to Ukrainians who fled to Serbia and remained in the country (the Government’s…

Source: RTS Photo: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, March 18, 2025 – Radoš Đurović, Governing Board Director of the Asylum Protection Center, appeared on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) Morning Program, where he discussed the European Union’s announcements regarding the establishment…

Source: RTS; Video: RTS; Photo: RTS Belgrade, February 28, 2025 - The issue of child trafficking has suddenly shaken the Serbian and Western Balkan public following the discovery of 31 children confined in a private house in Brčko, suspected of…

Source: APC Photo: APC Horgoš, February 12, 2025 – Although at reduced pace, Hungary continues to push back refugees into Serbian territory daily, effectively forcing them in Serbia without adhering to legal procedures. While throughout 2024, it appeared that refugees…

Source: RTS Photo: RTS Belgrade, February 4, 2024 – The Asylum Protection Center participated in RTS Morning Program alongside representatives from the Institute for European Studies, discussing U.S. President Donald Trump’s initiative to relocate Palestinians to Arab countries in the…

Authors: Alessia Peretti and Nicoletta Ionta ; Source: Euractiv; Photo: EPA-EFE/Angelo Carconi February 3, 2025 - The judges’ decisions are fuelling discontent within the government, which now faces an investigation into its recent repatriation of ICC-indicted Libyan warlord Almasri. The Italy-Albania migration…

Source: Radio-Television Vojvodina Photo: EPA-EFE/Luis Torres Novi Sad, January 31, 2025 – In recent years, the world has been steadily shifting towards the right, a trend that has gained momentum since the 2008 financial crisis—one of the most severe economic…

Source: RTS Photo: RTS Belgrade, 30 January 2025 - Radoš Đurović, The Asylum Protection Center (APC) President of the Management Board, commented on the situation in Germany during the RTS Morning Program, focusing on the rise of anti-migrant rhetoric among…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, November 20, 2024 - We mark World Children's Day in Serbia amidst significant challenges concerning the rights and vulnerable position of refugee children who enter, stay, or pass through Serbia using irregular migration routes across…

Author: Asylum Protection Center; Photo: Radio-Television of Vojvodina, Serbia's Ministry of Interior 12 November, 2024 Despite field data and official statistics from the Hungarian police indicating that over the past seven days, 800 individuals from Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and…

Source: Tanjug TV Photo:Tanjug Belgrade, October 24, 2024 – Radoš Đurović, Director of the Management Board at the Asylum Protection Center appeared on the "T.ačka RAZNO" broadcast on Tanjug Television, where he discussed current migration and asylum policies in the EU…

“This is a malicious and insidious attack on the autonomy and independence of each judge.” Alessia Peretti;EURACTIV.it; 23. October 2024; Euractiv is part of the Trust Project; Photo: As the government pushes back against court rulings, concerns about political interference and…

September 30, 2024 – In September, the highest number of testimonies related to the detention of refugees in police stations in northern Serbia since the beginning of 2024 was recorded. This practice is solely due to the lack of adequate…

Source: APC Photo: APC Novi Sad, 10 September 2024. godine: The Asylum Protection Center (APC) provided support to the Elmani family in the process of obtaining permanent residency in the Republic of Serbia. This is yet another successful case for…

Source: APC Photo: APC Subotica, August 16, 2024 - Between 50 and 100 refugees arrive daily at the Hungarian border, primarily during nighttime hours. These individuals attempt to cross through the protective fence in small groups or hide inside truck…

Source: Blic TV Photo: Blic TV Video: Blic TV 7 July 2024 - With the adoption of the bylaw regulating refugees passports design and content, conditions were met for issuing these travel IDs for refugees. Aforementioned bylaw was adopted by…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, July 3, 2024 - Asylum Protection Center (APC) assisted another refugee in Serbia to obtain country's permanent residency and biometric ID card. Aforementioned legal assistance reflects continuation of the APC's initiated and established practice alined…

01 July, 2024 - The outbreak of conflict in Ukraine and the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Serbia caught state institutions unprepared to systematically and effectively assist refugees’ reception and integration. The lack of a clear strategy and coherence among…

Source: APC Photo: APC Beograd, 27. juna 2024. godine - With the assistance of the Asylum Protection Center (APC), another refugee has received permanent residency and a Serbian biometric identity card. APC initiated and established the practice of issuing biometric…

Photo: europa.rs Belgrade, June 25, 2024 - Ivica Dacic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of Serbia, together with the Ilva Johansson, the European Union Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, signed the agreement between the Republic of…

Source: RTS Photo: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, June 20, 2024 - Radoš Đurović from the Asylum Protection Center (APC) says for the Serbia Radio Television Daily News (RTS Dnevnik), that in the last 10 years, number of internally displaced people…

Source: APC 04 June, 2024 - The Refuge/Utočište, social enterprise of the Asylum Protection Center (APC), employs refugees’ youth, single mothers and tries to bring these and other vulnerable groups of refugees closer to the Serbian local community. The idea…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, April 15, 2024- Today, the Serbian authorities handed over the first Serbian passport to a refugee who came to Serbia as a minor without parents in 2018, fleeing from Afghanistan due to the danger to…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, April 4, 2024 - Today, the Serbian authorities issued the first biometric ID card for persons who got asylum with an inserted permanent residence. Until now, persons who got asylum had cardboard ID cards, which…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, March 29, 2024 - Today the first refugee received permanent residence in Serbia! The decision itself is dated February 19, 2024. Our legal and integration team helped Ayman from Pakistan to request/obtain asylum and now…

Source: APC Photo: APC   This year, according to the current law, Serbia cannot extend temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine, nor is it able to emulate and follow the example of the EU, where this issue of temporary protection…

Source: Tanjug Photo: Tanjug Belgrade, March 3, 2024- Radoš Đurović from Asylum Protection Center said today that it is necessary to change the existing legal regulations or adopt new ones, if the state wants to extend the measure of temporary…

Source: APC Photo: APC As refugees and migrants tell APC field teams in the border areas around Šid and along the Serbian-Croatian border, the current price of smuggling services from Šid via Croatia to Germany is more than 4,000 euros.…

Source: Council of Europe Photo: IMAGO/photothek   Strasbourg, February 22, 2024- “Across Europe, individuals and organisations are facing growing harassment, intimidation, violence and criminalisation simply for contributing to the protection of the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.…

Our bakery provides food and trains refugees APC Bakery is a separate sector in our organization (APC/CZA) dealing with food production and aiming to provide additional food rations to refugees and their children across Serbia. Among others refugees, APC Bakery…

Source: RTS Photo: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, December 5, 2023- The President of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Đurović, told RTS that at least 50 people come to Serbia every day from the direction of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and there…

Source: APC Photo: APC Date: October 28, 2023 Hungary pushed back a family of six from Syria four times in the last 7 days. The father was beaten every time by the Hungarian border police in front of his wife…

Source: APC Photo: APC Date: October 27, 2023 Work in the field is an integral part of the support that APC provides to refugees, and this is the best way to find out about their needs and problems, in order…

Source: APC Photo: APC Date: October 27, 2023 APC strives to provide our vulnerable refugees with adequate support and assistance, according to their needs. Among them there are also those who are particularly vulnerable and need special attention and help.…

Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, October 25, 2023- APC helps its beneficiaries in exercising various rights and services on the path of integration upon arrival in our country. In addition to helping them regulate their status and obtain documentation, we…

Source: APC, RTS, BBC FOTO: Armend Nimani/AFP Belgrade, September 29- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban recently stated that migrants attacked the joint border patrol of Serbia and Hungary using automatic weapons. He also stated that migrants have crossed the Rubicon…

Source: RTS Audio: RTS Photo: Getty Images   Belgrade, September 18, 2023- In the RTS show called Uhvati dan, the guest was Radoš Đurović from Asylum Protection Center. Đurović explains that due to pushbacks from the Hungarian side, enormous smuggling…