izvor: BETA foto: APC BELGRADE, May 2nd - Director of the Asylum Protection Center Rados Djurovic said today that it is good that vaccination of children of migrants against smallpox was started in Serbia, but added that this had…
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 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 moreWhat holds the future for Europe’s migration and asylum? Sharing best knowledge and EU practice on integration of migrants and existing challenges in Balkan countries, through Italian and Austrian models and best practices
Asylum Protection center-APC, has organized a conference in Belgrade on 2-3 March 2017, under the name "What holds the future for Europe's migration and asylum? Sharing best knowledge and EU practice on integration of migrants and existing challenges in Balkan…
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 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 moreLOVE (Law, Order, Values) to migrants/asylum seekers/persons granted asylum in enjoying rights without discrimination
Asylum Protection Center APC/CZA together with the partners-BETA news agency and Public Policy Research Centre, are jointly implementing project LOVE (Law, Order, Values) to migrants/asylum seekers/persons granted asylum in enjoying rights without discrimination founded by the EU Civil Society Facility…
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 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…
Read moreRefugees in Serbia – They can’t move forward, and going back is not an option
author: APC | photo: APC Bogovadja, October 20 – The borders are closed for refugees. Borders of Turkey, through Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania are guarded by police officers, soldiers, dogs, helicopters, reinforced fences, with the announcement of new means of protection...Thousands…
Read moreSix wealthiest countries host less than 9% of world’s refugees
priredio APC foto: Christopher Furlong Pictures | Getty Images Kate Lyons 18. july - The six wealthiest countries in the world, which between them account for almost 60% of the global economy, host less than 9% of the world’s refugees,…
Read moreVučić: Serbian police, army to form joint border patrols to stem illegal crossings
Beograd, 16. juli - Reuters Serbian police and army will form joint patrols to protect the country's borders from illegal crossings of migrants mostly coming from Afghanistan and Pakistan, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday. Around 100,000 migrants from…
Read moreIOM highlights refugee drownings
priredio: APC foto: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters Njujork, 15. july - Drownings in the Mediterranean killed two-thirds of the 3,694 refugees who perished while trying to reach Europe since January. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says it's the deadliest route worldwide.…
Read moreHungary: Migrants Abused at the Border
izvor: HRW foto: David Maurice Smith Budapest, 11 july – Migrants at Hungary’s border are being summarily forced back to Serbia, in some cases with cruel and violent treatment, without consideration of their claims for protection, Human Rights Watch said today. New laws…
Read moreFRONTEX: The number of refugees in Europe has fallen since April, with the largest number going to Italy
prepared by: APC Photo: Gety images/AFP/L.Goluliamaki PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) - The number of illegal migrants entering Europe has fallen since April after the European Union sealed a deal with Turkey to halt flows across the Aegean Sea, the border…
Read moreAustria raises four fences on the border with Slovenia
Priredio: APC LJUBLJANA, July 11 – The Austrian government approved a plan according to which protective guard rails at four border crossings with Slovenia will be installed in the province of Carinthia, which is justified by the possibility of potential…
Read moreVisegrad Group: Protection of the Hungarian Border on the Balkan Route a Priority
Source: Tanjug Warsaw July 11- Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries, represented by the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia said today after a meeting in Warsaw that the migration crisis can be solved only with…
Read moreInternational Refugee Day: 65 million forcibly displaced in the world
Geneva, June 20 2016. Record 65.3 million people displaced, often face barriers: UNHCR A record 65.3 million people were uprooted worldwide last year, many of them fleeing wars only to face walls, tougher laws and xenophobia as they reach borders,…
Read moreWorld Refugee Day
In the year 2000 United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution with which declared the African Refugee Day as the World Refugee Day on June 20th. World Refugee Day is celebrated in the memory of those people who were forced…
Read moreAsylum seekers from Obrenovac evacuated in Baric
Team of the Asylum Protection Center (APC / CZA) was today on the spot: more than 170 asylum seekers who were accommodated in a camp in Obrenovac and its surroundings, were transferred to the primary school "14. oktobar" in Baric.…
Read moreAsylum seekers helped in the areas affected by floods
SOURCE: RTV 23. May 2014. Asylum seekers who were placed in Obrenovac were among the first affected by the consequences of the floods, but as soon as the opportunity arose, they also came first to help.They were evacuated on Friday morning,…
Read moreEU must establish common ‘safe’ and ‘regular’ migration paths
Source: The Parlament magazine June 2014. It is the EU's collective responsibility to ensure migration is handled in a humane, effective and sustainable way.Soon after the sea started to warming up, the number of migrants and asylum seekers reaching the…
Read moreAsylum seekers participate in the action to help Krupanj
As in previous days, asylum seekers continue to unselfishly help the affected areas in Serbia. Organized by the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration 33 men, originally from Syria, Sudan, Mali, Algeria and Comoros, went today from the Asylum Centre in…
Read moreLatest news on evacuated asylum seekers
Asylum seekers who were evacuated from Obrenovac to Baric, and then on Saturday also evacuated from Baric, are located in the Asylum Centres in Sjenica, Tutin, Banja Koviljaca and Bogovadja.Asylum centers are mostly full, and Tutin has nearly twice as…
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