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Jamila’s flee from her husband and fear of the future
Edited: APC Photo: APC Bogovadja, August - Jamila is a single mother from Afghanistan. We met her for the first time half a year ago in Bogovadja. She seemed lost with her three sons by her side, but she accepted…
Read moreEU proposing to countries that accept migrants, € 6,000 for each migrant
Edited: APC Brussels, July 24th - The European Commission proposed today to pay EUR 6,000 to member states of the European Union (EU) for each migrant saved on the Mediterranean Sea that they accept. The commission said it wants to offer…
Read more“Axis of the Willing in the EU – Protects Europe from Migrants
Edited: APC Photo: Routers BERLIN/VIENNA, June 14th - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and German Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer want to establish cooperation at the regional level with Italy in order to prevent illegal migration. Austria, Germany…
Read moreMedina’s Family Released from Custody in Tovarnik and Transferred to the Center for Asylum Seekers in Kutina
Edited: APC Photo:APC ZAGREB, June 6th - The family of six-year-old Afghan girl Medina Hoseini, who died tragically after being hit by a train at the border crossing between Croatia and Serbia, was released after more than 70 days in detention…
Read moreRepresentatives of the Balkans in Sarajevo: Joint actions to prevent illegal migration
Source: Beta Photo: Beta SARAJEVO, June 7th - At today's meeting in Sarajevo, representatives of the Western Balkan countries committed to jointly prevent illegal migration, smuggling and trafficking in human beings. Representatives of Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia,…
Read moreReligion and Migration should not be linked
Izvor: RTS BELGRADE, June 4th - Rados Djurovic from the Asylum Protection Center tells RTS that the warnings on the so-called "mosque route" are probably intended for political needs in countries where there is fear of Muslims. Neighboring countries, primarily Bosnia…
Read moreDjurovic: Use of force against refugees in Croatia will not solve the problem of migration
izvor: Beta foto: Dado Ruvic / REUTERS BELGRADE, June 2nd - Director of the Asylum Protection Center Rados Djurovic assessed today, as the Croatian police wounded two young migrants with firearms, that the use of force against this population is not…
Read moreAPC / CZA at UN headquarters on panel for a global agreement on migration among UN members
Author: APC photo: APC New York, May 20 - The fourth round of negotiations between the UN member states on the draft Global Compact on Safe, Convenient and Regular Migration was followed by other panels focusing on all the major issues raised…
Read moreNew migrant route through Bosnia and Herzegovina
Edited: APC SARAJEVO/ZAGREB, May 8th - The migrant crisis has reached Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 100 migrants enter Bosnia and Herzegovina daily, Slobodan Ujic, director of the Foreign Affairs Service Bih told Radio Sarajevo that this trend will continue in…
Read moreDramatic increase in migrants arriving in Greece
edited: APC ATHENS, May 7th - The number of migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey, by sea and land, is increasing, the Greek authorities warn, and the media there. Only Sunday morning on the islands of Lesbos and Sios arrived…
Read moreHungary refused to ratify a European-African statement, because, they claim it’s pro-migrant
edited: APC photo: MTI:Molnár Edvárd BUDAPEST, May 3rd - Hungary has refused to ratify a European-African statement stating the 'welfare of migration for development', which was adopted at a ministerial conference in Morocco, attended by 60 European and African…
Read moreHigh school students from Belgium and Serbia met with migrant girls from Afghanistan
Author: APC photo: APC Belgrade, April 28 - Asylum Protection Center hosted twelve graduates from Belgium who visited Serbia together with their teachers and had the opportunity to gain new knowledge and experiences on migration, with…
Read moreNew troubles for family of little Medina in Croatia
Zagreb, April 20 - Zagreb, april 20th – Family of 6 years old Medina Hosseini from Afghanistan who died at the Serbian-Croatian border when Croatian police returned them to railroad and sent them to walk back to Serbia, when the sleepy…
Read moreSerbian Army handed over the jurisdiction of securing the state border to Bulgaria and Macedonia to the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia
source: BETA foto: BETA BELGRADE, April 05 – The joint military – police forces of Serbia, after more than 20 months of engagements, handed over the jurisdiction of securing the state border to Bulgaria and Macedonia to the Ministry of…
Read moreAPC in Nairobi, amongst local refugees
edited: APC photo: APC Nairobi, February 20– APC representatives participated in a gathering of sister organizations working with vulnerable refugees and local children on other continents, held in February in Kenya. Africa has been chosen as a…
Read moreSurvey on the situation of unaccompanied minor migrants in Serbia
author: Ema Sokolovic photo: | Foto: APC Belgrade,February 1 - Ema Sokolović, a journalist at the Beta News Agency in cooperation with Asylum Protection Center, conducted a survey on the situation of unaccompanied minors in Serbia in November and December. She visited…
Read moreWeekly 10 migrants cross the Hungarian border
edited:APC photo: APC Horgoš, January 31 - According to information from the field, Hungary reduced the number of refugees and migrants allowed to enter their territory. Hungary at two border crossings formally receives 5 refugees within a week, meaning only 10 refugees…
Read moreFamily of deceased Afghan girl filed criminal complaint against Croatian MUP
Prepared:APC Photo: APC , Guardian Zagreb,December 19 - Family of Afghan girl Madina Husina, who died on the railway track at the border between Croatia and Serbia, filed a criminal complaint against unknown perpetrators, police officers of Croatian MUP. The filing…
Read moreAPC: Police to tell if an investigation has been launched into the railway death of six year old Medina
author: BETA | photo: BETA Asylum Protection Center (APC) asked the Border Police of Serbia to answer whether an investigation was launched into the death of a six year old Afghan girl on the border with Croatia, and where she…
Read moreHow Croatian Police drove little Medina to death on the line between two borders?
Prepared: APC Photo: APC Belgrade,December 1 – Another child has lost her life on the difficult refugee path to one of the promised countries in Europe. Six year old Medina, a girl from a large Afghan family, was left ten days…
Read moreMigrants who are outdoors in the vicinity of Sid are hungry and cold
Belgrade, November 26 - Refugee and Migration Commissioner Vladimir Cucic said that it is true that in the surrounding areas of Sid some citizens are having problems with the migrants who are openly waiting to enter the European Union, but…
Read moreMigrant smugglers offering services through small ads
Source:Politika photo: APC Belgrade, November 6 - More than 5,700 migrants have been accounted for in Serbia since the beginning of the year, of which almost 4,800 have expressed their intention to seek asylum, while against more than one…
Read moreMeeting in Vienna: The Refugee route through the Balkans continues to be in function
source: Beta photo: Beta Vienna, October 3rd - At the Vienna international conference entitled "Balkan Refugee route to European solidarity", involving the largest humanitarian organization from Austria, Germany, Macedonia, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Serbia; Rados Djurovic Director of…
Read moreEU countries in 2016 granted refugee status to 700,000
Edited: APC | Photo: AP BRUSSELS April 29 - Last year, EU member states approved refugee status or some other form of protection to more than 700,000 people, mostly Syrians, the Eurostat Statistics Agency said in a statement. This is more…
Read moreArezo and Adnan painfully cope with pain
Prepared:APC Illustration: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Belgrade, April 19 – With the closing of the Balkan route about 8000 people from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan...are stuck in Serbia. About 6000 are in reception and asylum centers, far from the public's eyes. And…
Read moreJan’s insoluble will and temporary home
author: APC | photo: APC Belgrade, February 8th – We met Jan in the park near the bus station in Belrade almost half a year ago. He had been in Serbia for three months and during that time he tried to cross…
Read moreHow Zahid’s hopes sank into tears
author: APC | photo: APC Belgrade, February 5 – Zahid is a tall man. Your eyes immediately drawn to his large hands. He says he trained volleyball in Pakistan and was a good athlete. He was okay in school, he dedicated more time…
Read moreBerlin offers refugees 1,200 euros to leave
Source:Politika autgor: Nenad Radicevic photo: Reuters/Dominik Ebenbisher) Frankfurt, Heidelberg March 7th– According to German right-wing politicians and many international media continue to point out that Angela Merkel leads to a liberal migrant policy, this election year in German evidence will…
Read moreAisha’s first day of school
author: APC | Photo: APC Belgrade, January 25 –Aisha is seven years old and for a few days now, she can not sit still in her refugee room in the asylum center in Krnjaca. Walking with her father and mother, showing them drawings…
Read moreExpelled from the EU, Desperate Syrians return to Syria
Source: Ve?ernji list Au.htor: Hassan Haidar Diab 23.1.2017 -"I wish to return to Syria, because this kind of humiliation is not necessary. I regret leaving. I spent all that I had, more than 6 thousand dollars and now I'll…
Read moreMigrants complain about accommodation in Obrenovac barracks
Source: N1 Photo: N1 Belgrade, January 19- In the barracks in Obrenovac, 225 places are filled, which is the limit of the facility in which journalists' teams are forbidden to enter. Three young boys from Pakistan found out…
Read moreThe ruin of Europe in a mirror
"Securing Borders" is in face a ware the EU is waging against refugees left by the dishonesty of the Sea and Balkan Routes. And Europe would not be what it is if it had not accepted refugees for decades,"…
Read moreIn Adasevci – Women refugees, suffering without a voice
author: APC | photo: APC Adaševci, December 24 – It's hard to understand how hard the refugee journey is and how much trouble is faced by people fleeing from their countries of violence, deaths, who cross thousands of kilometers, across mountains, in unstable…
Read moreThousands of Refugees stuck in Serbia – Limb with villages
Source: DW | author: Nemanja Rujevic photo: Nemanja Rujevic Belgrade, November 29 - Thousands of refugees are stuck in Serbia - They can not go forward, they will not go back. Officially camps are arranged enough to receive everyone. Unofficially, the centers are in…
Read moreThe fate of a boy from Bangladesh injured in a car accident
Source: Prva.rs 17. novembar 2016.
Read moreDjurovic: Solve the problem, and not by limiting movement
,Source: Pres centar UNS 7. novembar 2016. The state should urgently increase accommodation capacities for migrants and improve hygiene in asylum centers, instead of announcing the restriction of freedom of movement due to the appearance of more refugee bodies, stated…
Read moreHamed’s refugee journey for a quarter of a century
author: APC | photo: APC Adaševci, October 25 – Hamed is 33 years old and has spent majority of his life as a refugee. 25 years ago, he escaped with his family from Afghanistan, and since then he has been searching for shelter.…
Read moreEU countries have taken only 5,651 asylum seekers from Greece and Italy
prepared: APC Photo: | Photo: AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis October 15 - A year after the agreement that 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy will be relocated to other EU member stated by September 2017, the data is dissuasive. For a year, only 5,651…
Read moreEU gave 40 million euros in grants to Serbia
prepared by APC photo: | Južne vesti Belgrade, September 30 - Since September 2015, the European Union has given 40 million Euros of grants to support Serbia in managing refugee and migrant flows, the EU Delegation in Belgrade announced. More than 10.7 million…
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