Source: Večernje novosti On May 30, 2013, the Department of the Criminal Police of Serbia arrested the members of the criminal group in the area of Pancevo, Subotica, Smederevska Palanka, Belgrade and Kanjiza. That group was accused for organization of…

Source: The Daily Star , Večernje novosti 16.jun 2013. On Sunday, June 16th, Macedonian police arrested 15 people, among whom was one member of the Macedonian police, suspected for smuggling and trafficking. They are suspected for smuggling the migrants, who…

Source: Reuters, Blic According to the international human rights organization – Human Rights Watch (HRW), during the suppression of illegal migration Greek police often arrest people based on their physical appearance, but later shows that only a small number of…

Source: Vijesti 15 May 2013. In mid-May 2013., Croatian Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) has filed an indictment against three Afghans and seven citizens of Croatia for smuggling foreign citizens from Serbia to the countries of…

Source: Deutsche Welle 13 May 2013. Migrants in Germany very often live without occupation and without perspective. But now, those who want can finish biannual course for social assistants. It is about education of a staff that is needed for…

08. May 2012. During the last year, due to the crisis in the south and south-east of Europe, Germany has reached a record number of migrants: 1.08 million. Experts say that kind of situation could serve as part of a…

Source: RTS   10 April 2013. Overabundance in the asylum center in Bogovadja is no longer a problem. Unlike a few months ago, when the migrants slept in the woods, the situation in the center is much better now. Unlike…

Source: Blic, Kurir     24.03.2013. Today Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas supported the citizens of Mladenovac in their efforts to not allow construction of an asylum center in their municipality, saying that the state needs to provide the specific capacities…

07/03/2013 Illegal migration is a security threat to Southeast Europe and requires a regional solution, experts say. By Ivana Jovanovic and Miki Trajkovski for Southeast European Times in Belgrade and Skopje -- 07/03/13 A group of illegal immigrants warm up…

Tanjug – 22. 02. 2013. Wiena - Austrian police successfully busted a criminal organization that was smuggling illegals in Europe and in past few years made a profit of more than 50 million euros. This organization had a branch in…

On Wednesday, January the 16th, for the first time in Serbia, the children asylum seekers from Bogovadja started to go to school. Jamal and Saleh are the twins from Somalia who became pupils of the first grade in the local…

Source: B 92 Belgrade: International Migrants Day is celebrated around the world. Serbia is one of the so-called transit countries for immigrants on their way to the EU. (Beta, illustration) Prime Minister of Serbian Government and Minister of Interior Ivica…

„We are destroyed, but our desire is too strong" – the group of humiliated The fourth in a series of debates, called "On the other side" will be held on Monday 17 December in the (former) store "Belgrade", Knez Mihajlova…

The Asylum Protection Center invites all friends, co-workers and humane citizens to help in the gathering of clothing and footwear for asylum seekers. During the winter months, due to the cold weather, low temperatures, asylum seekers are in need of…

On Monday, November 26th, the APC/CZA exhibition of the works of women and children asylum seekers accommodated in asylum centers in Banja Koviljaca and Bogovadja, was opened in the gallery Nea Pangea in Belgrade. On the exhibition products and materials…

Just during the last year at Macedonian border, 10 000 migrants were found - more and more popular route to EU through Croatia. Serbia could be under less pressure of illegal migration if the EU managed to establish effective control…

Exhibition titled titled "Far world in the small town" was opened in the gallery of KC "Hadzi Ruvim" in Lajkovac on Friday 26. of October 2012. The organizers of the exhibition are Asylum Protection Center APC/CZA from Belgrade and Art…

Exhibition "Far world in the Small Town" was opened at the Cultural Center "Hadzi Ruvim" in Lajkovac on October 26. There were presented the works of women and children asylum seekers accommodated in asylum center in Bogovadja. Those works were…

Our organization is collaborating with the Center for Abandoned Children in Banja Koviljaca, health centers, centers for social work, police stations and local authorities of Bogovadja and Banja Koviljaca since the very beginning of the realization of workshops. The collaboration is…

One workshop from one of three program units (psychological empowerment, creative, health and workshops based on cultural differences) is once a week realized with women from different countries in the Asylum Centers, Banja Koviljaca and Bogovadja. Through psychological empowerment workshops…

In Serbia reside approximately 270 asylum seekers. The stories about thousands of asylum seekers aren't correct and that causes suspicion, says Vladimir Cucic. So far, in Serbia asylum is granted only one Somali, Iraqi, and Egyptian Copt.  

IN COLLISION OF DIVERSITY FRIENDSHIP IS POSSIBLE 'Politika', 2012/6/8 Movie 'The Intouchables' directed by Olivia Nakash and Eric Toledano, roles: François Kluz and Omar Si, duration 92 minutes, France, 2011. From French movie 'The Intouchables' There are many reasons why…

'A decision to opening a pending center for asylum seekers is not defenitely made' , told as Vladimir Cucic, a Commissioner for Refugees. In the village Vrbica, near Mladenovac, residents organized a road blocade due to arrival of asylum seekers…

BRUSSELS - According to a recent report of European Commission, citizens of Serbia had been ranked fifth for the number of asylum seekers in the European Union, for the last year. Almost 14 000 citizens of Serbia were seeking asylum…

Protest against the possible arrival of asylum seekers in Mladenovac "Blic", May 23, 2012. Center of Mladenovac was blocked today around 3 p.m with tractors, agricultural machinery and automobiles. This is a new form of protest from disgruntled residents because…

Everybody is Equal. Some people are more equal than others. Since the public attention in the European Union is being systematically oriented away from the issue of immigration policy, and the European political agenda is drawing clear lines between the…

Illegal immigration Would-be immigrants to Europe can go almost anywhere—for a price IT TAKES a few minutes to cross the Evros river, now the main entry point for illegal immigrants from Asia into Europe, but it can be frightening. On…

Asylum-seekers in Serbia and Kosovo THERE is something odd about seeing Afghans and Somalis stumbling about in the snow in western Serbia. Ivorians and Congolese are no less exotic in Kosovo. In fact, they are just some of the thousands…