Source: Beta Photo:(BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV/DS) Belgrade, 09/07/2022- The executive director of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Djurović, said today that according to the center's data, more than 70,000 migrants have entered Serbia since the beginning of the year, and that there…
Read moreMore than 16,600 Ukrainian refugees registered staying in Serbia
Source: APC Belgrade, 08/29/2022 - Apart from the Asian and African refugees, those from Ukraine have also been coming to Serbia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, more than 90,000 people from…
Read moreGrowing number of refugees in Serbia; lack of accommodation
Source: Euronews Belgrade, August 23, 2022- More than 10,000 refugees reside in our country at any given moment, mostly from Asia and North Africa, and since the beginning of the year, in seven months, more than 65,000 people have passed…
Read moreGrowing tensions towards migrants/refugees in the northern Serbia
Source: Nova S The events in Subotica and the conflict between smuggling groups from 07/02/2022, which are disturbing the public, served many people to raise prejudices against refugees in Serbia. The real causes, pushbacks from Hungary, smuggling and the…
Read moreIt is World Refugee Day. What kind of host is Serbia?
Source: K1 Televizija Belgrade, June 20, 2022 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlQtWtSKmvY
Read moreĐurović: Less and less understanding for refugees in the developed world countries
Source: Beta, N1 Belgrade, 06/20/2022- The executive director of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Đurović, assessed there is less and less understanding for refugees and for solidarity in sharing the burden of refugees among the developed world countries, while the movements…
Read moreGrowing number of refugees in Serbia; Every 78th person evicted from their home
Source: Tanjug, B92 Belgrade 06/20/2022- World Refugee Day is celebrated today, and as Radoš Đurović from Asylum Protection Center states, the number of refugees has been increasing in Serbia since the beginning of the year. The majority of them, as…
Read moreHealth care in Serbia for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
One-page Country report: "Access to right to health for refugees and migrants in North Macedonia 2020-2021"
Read moreThe first ever research on Serbia’s COVID19 challenges in refugee health care protection published.
APC undertook and successfully completed the first ever country research on response of Serbian health system to the COVID-19 challenges in protection of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees that was conducted in parallel to similar country researches in N. Macedonia…
Read moreHEALTH CARE FOR IRREGULAR MIGRANTS, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN SERBIA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
The first ever research on Serbia's COVID19 challenges in refugee health care protection published.
Read moreIncreasing access to vaccines and education for refugees.
In Serbia, Asylum Protection Center launched a national campaign in 2021 to ensure refugees and asylum seekers could get COVID-19 vaccines. The organization is also working to protect migrant children and help them enroll in schools. When COVID-19 vaccines…
Read moreHumanitarian aid to the refugees from Ukraine living outside the camps
Since the beginning of hostilities in Ukraine, more than 142,758 citizens of Ukraine have entered Serbia, and so far more than 5,000 people have remained in Serbia. More than 1,200 people obtained temporary protection. Of that number, more than 300…
Read moreUnequal rights of refugees and migrants in Europe.
Source: Al Jazeera Balkans Belgrade 25.05.2022 - Rekordni broj izbjeglih i raseljenih ljudi u 21. stoljeću, najmanje 100 miliona ili više od 1 posto svjetske populacije: kako spriječiti uzroke, zaustaviti ratove i nasilje nad civilima? Kakav je status izbjeglih i…
Read moreAPC: The granting of temporary protected status for Ukrainian refugees to be accelerated
Source: Beta Belgrade, April 27, 2022. - The Asylum Protection Center (APC) summed up today that it is necessary to speed up the issuance of decision on granting temporary protected status to the Ukrainian refugees who have residence registration in…
Read moreDuring the 50 days of war in Ukraine, more than 4.7 million people left the country.
Izvor: K1 Televizija. Belgrade, 15.04.2022.
Read moreBRN joins in demand to Croatian authorities for taking responsibility in Madina’s death !
Source: Balkan Refugee Network Date: 14.04.2022. The Grand Chamber Panel of the European Court of Human Rights rejected the referral request of the Republic of Croatia in the case of little Madina’s family. Thus, the judgement that the Republic of Croatia violated Madina's right…
Read moreSupport for the children in the Institute for the Education of Children and Youth in Niš
Niš, 04/08/2022 - APC/CZA has been providing legal, psychological and integration support to refugees in Serbia for 15 years. A particularly vulnerable group are unaccompanied children, whom we meet all over the country, very often in inhumane conditions, without the…
Read moreCMS demand an urgent dismissal of the top of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior!
Source: CMS 05.04.2022 - Asylum and integration policies The Grand Chamber Panel of the European Court of Human Rights rejected the referral request of the Republic of Croatia in the case of little Madina’s family. Thus, the judgement that the Republic of Croatia violated…
Read moreĐurović: Sistem informacija mora da se razrađuje.
Autor: Euronews Srbija Beograd, 30.03.2022. Radoš Đurović iz Centra za pomoć i zaštitu tražiocima azila rekao je za Euronews Srbija da sistem informisanja za ljude koji dolaze iz Ukrajine mora da se dodatno razradi, kao i da se većina onih koji…
Read moreRefugees introducing our culture and art
Belgrade, 03/24/2022 - The APC/CZA integration sector strives to provide asylum seekers and refugees in Serbia with the opportunity to learn about local culture, the work of cultural institutions, to visit the theater, exhibitions and various cultural events, to become…
Read moreSerbian Government Approved Temporary Protection for Ukrainian Refugees.
Belgrade 22.03.2022. - After the appeal of the Asylum Protection Center and after our address to the media and the professional and general public, Serbian Government passed the Decision on Providing Temporary Protection for Refugees from Ukraine, which entered into…
Read moreConference “COVID19 Challenges in response to refugees in Western Balkans”
Belgrade 18.03.2022. - APC held presentation and public discussion regarding results of the first ever research conducted on response of Serbian health system to the COVID-19 challenges in protection of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, in Nova Iskra hub in…
Read moreThe Government urgently to raise Temporary Protection mechanism
Source: Tanjug Belgrade, 12.03.2022. BELGRADE: The Asylum Protection Center appealed to the Government of Serbia to adopt Temporary Protection decision for refugees from Ukraine, which would regulate their rights and their position while they are in our country. Thus, currently…
Read moreThe government to urgently make a decision on the temporary protection of the refugees from Ukraine
Source: Tanjug Belgrade, 03/12/2022 Asylum Protection Center appealed today to the Government of Serbia to pass an act on the temporary protection of refugees from Ukraine, which would regulate the rights and position of these persons while they are in…
Read moreTo legally protect everyone who is coming from Ukraine to Serbia
Source: RTS Beograde, 08.03.2022. According to UN data, 1,700,000 people left Ukraine in 10 days. By mid-March, that number could reach four million. Warnings are coming of the possibility of severe humanitarian consequences. The path of refugees from Ukraine leads…
Read moreImportant information for Ukrainian refugees
Belgrade, March 7, 2022 - Considering the constant phone calls and the interest of citizens in obtaining relevant information regarding the conditions of reception of refugees from Ukraine in Serbia, as well as the growing influx of refugees from Ukraine,…
Read moreĐurović: One million refugees from Ukraine is just the first wave in Europe, we appealed to the Government of Serbia to prepare
Source: Euronews Belgrade, 03/03/2022 - In just eight days since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, more than a million refugees left the country and went to the neighboring countries - Hungary, Slovakia, Poland or Romania. Radoš Đurović from…
Read moreSeveral hundred refugees from Ukraine arrived in Serbia
Source: RTS Belgrade 03/02/2022 -The largest number of people escaped from Ukraine to Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary. Several hundred refugees have also arrived in Serbia and for now are mostly staying at relatives and friends. Director of Asylum Protection…
Read moreHalf a million people have fled Ukraine since the intervention began.
Source: K1 Televizija Beograd 01.03.2022.
Read moreThe echoes of war: Migration wave gets increased
Source: Nova Belgrade, 03/01/2022 -As the bombs fall, victims are counted, but so are hundreds of thousands of refugees. It all sounds incredibly painful and familiar to us. The war in Ukraine, like any war, makes people flee. According to…
Read moreRefugees from Ukraine arrive in Serbia: We must be ready to receive at least 10,000 people.
Source: Tanjug Belgrade, 28.02.2022. -The number of refugees who will enter Serbia depends exclusively on the behavior of our neighboring countries Director of the Asylum Protection Center Rados Djurovic says that first refugees from Ukraine have already started arriving in…
Read moreOnly 14 people received asylum in 2021.
The European Asylum Office (EUAA) confirmed yesterday that over 106,000 people from Afghanistan and Syria have applied for asylum in the European Union in 2021, which is the highest number since 2016. Most of them had to pass through the…
Read moreTV interview about the cross-section of situation in Serbia regarding refugees
Source: Televizija Vesti Belgrade, 01/11/2022-In a guest appearance on TV Vesti, at Dušica Spasić, the director of our center, Radoš Djurović, was a guest. He spoke about the current situation regarding asylum and migration in Serbia. At the same time,…
Read morePushbacks report for Southern Serbia borders, first half of 2021
The practice of illegal expulsion or pushbacks of exiles is strengthening this year in the south of Serbia towards Northern Macedonia, and only in the first 6 months of 2021, according to the testimony of migrants, Asylum Protection Center documented…
Read moreA new chance for Michael from Congo
Thirty-two-year-old Michael from Congo has been in Serbia for less than two years and would like to stay in our country because he feels safe here, speaks the Serbian language and tries to integrate into the Belgrade community. Upon his…
Read moreĐurović: Negative rhetoric toward migrants in Serbia on the increase since 2020
Source: Nova Belgrade, 12/18/2021- Serbia welcomes Migrants Day as a country on the border of the EU, through which the large number of migrants without regulated status pass and reside, and all this is accompanied by a negative attitude and…
Read moreThrough Serbia to a better life: The number of migrants is not decreasing despite the pandemic; this year 40,000 people entered the country
Source: Euronews Belgrade, 12/17/2021- The number of migrants in Serbia, despite the years of pandemic, has not decreased, on the contrary. The asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Syria and other countries via the Balkan route, which includes Serbia, still want to reach…
Read moreBonding between high schoolers and refugee children
APC/CZA has been working for years to connect the youth from local areas where refugees reside - pupils, students, activists - and refugees themselves because we believe it is very important to create opportunities to meet, to exchange experiences and…
Read moreReport on pushbacks on the northern borders of Serbia in 2021.
Illegal and mostly violent pushing of refugees back to neighboring Serbia, the country from which they entered, has been established on almost all northern borders that Serbia shares with neighboring countries. In the first half of 2021, 527 pushbacks from…
Read moreThe ECHR confirmed Croatia’s responsibility in Madina’s case.
In 2017, a little girl, named Madina Hussiny from Afghanistan, was struck and killed by a train after being illegally pushed back with her family by Croatian police to Serbia, without giving them opportunity to seek asylum in Croatia. Afterwards,…
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