The application is now available to refugees from Ukraine in the Ukrainian language and thus allows them unhindered access while they are in Serbia but also before they come to Serbia. It is enough for refugees to access all relevant…
Read moreImportant info for Ukrainian refugees, APC helps in gaining temporary protection.
Asylum Protection Center provides free legal aid and assistance to Ukrainian refugees in obtaining temporary protection or in seeking asylum in Serbia. All in the context of raising influx of Ukrainian refugees (entering and/or temporarily staying in Serbia), inquiring how…
Read moreAssistance of the APC team in the Sombor hospital for a Syrian woman
In the middle of July, while visiting locations around PC Sombor, the APC team met a family from Syria with two small kids and during the briefing learned that they had tried to cross the Hungarian fence the previous evening,…
Read moreVisit to the camp in Subotica
The APC team regularly visits camps and asylum centers throughout Serbia. Almost no camp can boast of adequate conditions for accepting refugees, which they absolutely deserve. Although the largest number of migrants and refugees stay in our country for a…
Read moreAPC contributes EUAA’S Annual 2023 Report
European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has published its annual report on the state of affairs in asylum and the reception of refugees in the countries of the European Union. Our Asylum Protection Center contributed to the process of writing…
Read moreProviding legal assistance at the asylum center in Sjenica
APC/CZA organization regularly visits camps and asylum centers in Serbia. Our legal team is responsible for providing relevant legal information, which is of great importance to migrants and refugees. Bearing in mind that valid information is not given to them…
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 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 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,…
Read moreNew family reunification in 2021.
27/04/2021 Belgrade, The Asylum Office of the Republic of Serbia passed a new decision on family reunification in 2021. Unlike the case of family reunification from Afghanistan from last year, when six family members of Afghan citizens came to Serbia,…
Read moreUpravni sud potvrdio povredu prava na prevođenje.
Upravni sud je presudom 16 U 9284/2020 usvojio tužbu Centra za zaštitu i pomoć tražiocima azila i ponovio da je došlo do povrede prava na upotrebu i vođenje upravnog postupka na jeziku koji stranka, u ovom slučaju azilant S.A. iz Avganistana,…
Read moreZahtev za azil nedostupan izbeglicama.
10.02.2021. Beograd, Još od stupanja na snagu Zakona o azilu i privremenoj zaštiti i donošenja Pravilnika o sadržini i izgledu obrasca zahteva za azil i sadržini i izgledu obrazaca isprava koje se izdaju tražiocu azila i licu kojem je odobren…
Read moreMaloletnik u besvesnom stanju usled smrzavanja na otvorenom.
Maloletnik bez pratnje roditelja M. A. (16) poreklom iz Sirije, pronadjen je u šumi u okolini Subotice, i hitno dana 17.11.2020. godine primljen u bolnicu u besvesnom stanju. Dijagnostifikovana mu je hipotermija, sepsa, meningitis, delimicna oduzetost tela i upala pluća,…
Read moreAPC/CZA team working in the local office in the south of Serbia.
23.10.2020. Presevo, APC/CZA combined team of legal and psychosocial officers working in local office in the south of Serbia and visiting different cities (Vranje, Bujanovac, Presevo, Nis etc.) and monitoring Serbian-Macedonian and Serbian-Albanian borders to follow the number of refugee’s…
Read moreRefugees are arriving to Belgrade with serious injuries from the violence and illegal push back from the borders.
06.09.2020. Belgrade, Many of refugee are arriving to Belgrade with serious injuries from the violence and illegal push back from the border with Hungary or Croatia, they are staying in the parks around the main bus station in center Belgrade.…
Read moreAPC/CZA mobile team monitor the border between Serbia/Croatia/Hungary.
03.09.2020. Sid, While visiting an open location in Sid, the mobile APC/CZA team of lawyer and psychologist providing legal and psychosocial support/counseling for refugees to understand their legal position, their rights, obligations and possibilities to protect themselves. APC/CZA mobile team…
Read moreAPC/CZA legal sector is providing free legal counseling and legal representation in asylum procedures.
17.08.2020. Belgrade, APC/CZA team of lawyer and cultural mediator visiting asylum center Krnjaca in Belgrade and working with refugees accordingly to the guidelines against the spreading of COVID-19 (wearing mask, keeping distance and using hand sanitizer). Our team met father…
Read morePrvi slučaj spajanja porodice izbeglice u Srbiji
20.07.2020. Beograd, Centar za zaštitu i pomoć tražiocima azila sa izrazitim zadovoljstvom izdaje saopštenje da su odobrene vize za prvo spajanje porodice izbeglice u Republici Srbiji od nastanka azilnog sistema 2007 godine. Naime, radi se o porodici izbeglice iz Avganistana…
Read morePomoć tražiocima azila prilikom kupovine personalizovanih busplus kartica.
Beograd, APC/CZA volonteri, studenti i kulturni medijatori uz superviziju stručnih radnika naše organizacije u Beogradu pomažu tražiocima azila i izbeglicama prilikom kupovine personalizovanih Busplus kartica za prevoz. Kao i domaći građani – ako su nezaposleni, tražioci azila i izbeglice mogu…
Read moreAPC/CZA team visiting reception center Vranje in south of Serbia.
02.07.2020. Vranje, APC/CZA team of psychosocial and cultural mediator visiting reception center Vranje in south of Serbia, providing psychosocial support/counseling for the refugees and especially for women and family with children. Being a refugee and living in the camp will…
Read moreInformisanje izbeglih o azilu i novim COVID merama
Pružanje informacija je i dalje najbitniji segment u zaštiti novopridošlih migranata i izbeglica u Srbiju. Naši timovi obilaze prihvatne centre i mesta gde se izbegli nalaze na jugu Srbije, u centralnoj Srbiji i na severu zemlje. U okviru projekta “Hitna…
Read moreAPC/CZA team of pedagogue, social worker and cultural mediator working in asylum center in Krnjaca
28.05.2020. Belgrade, APC/CZA team of pedagogue, social worker and cultural mediator working in asylum center in Krnjaca in Belgrade, providing necessary counseling/support and help for the refugees family in resolving problems they may face living in the camp with other…
Read moreFind out new and verified information during the state of emergency, through our APC smartphone app
15.04.2020. Belgrade, You can find out new and verified information regarding the validity of work permits, IDs, freedom of movement, camp rules and regulations, social assistance during the satate of emergency because of CORONA19 virus through our APC smartphone app…
Read morePersonal work permits for clients of Asylum Protection Centar.
During 2019, Asylum Protection Centar continued to help asylum seekers and refugees obtain personal work permits in order to join the labor market without hindrance. According to the Center's statistics, more than 100 personal work permits have been issued for…
Read moreUnaccompanied minor refugees often lie about being older to be admitted to the camp
Prepared by: APC Photo: APC Bujanovac, August 27, 2019 - Southern team of the Asylum Protection Centre, consisting of lawyers, psychologists, and cultural mediators visited a camp in Bujanovac and spoke with eight unaccompanied minors who are there between two…
Read moreAPC team providing legal help to refugees in Obrenovac transit center
Text: APC Photo: APC Obrenovac, June 07, 2019 - Many of the refugees we encountered, taken in the photo, are sleeping in the open around the transit center Obrenovac, being denied shelter, food and health service. They are suffering from…
Read moreAPC/CZA lawyer providing legal information and free legal counseling to asylum seekers/ refugees in Sjenica Asylum centre
APC/CZA lawyer providing legal information and free legal counseling to asylum seekers/ refugees in Sjenica Asylum centre, with the aim to raise their awareness about asylum procedure, rights, obligations and how to access asylum system in Serbia. With the support…
Read morePakistani victim of human trafficking granted asylum in Serbia
BELGRADE, May 29, 2019 – A citizen of Pakistan who was legally represented by APC has been granted asylum in Serbia. During the year-long asylum procedure, it was established that his request for asylum was well-founded, as it was established that…
Read moreAPC part of SEE Legal Days 2019
Visit us today and tomorrow in the “Legal Days of South East Europe” fair, Metropol, Belgrade. APC is the oldest organization providing professional legal aid to asylum seekers/refugees since the start of Serbian asylum system 11 years ago. APC has…
Read moreAPC/CZA combined team of legal and psychosocial officers working on the north of Serbia
The APC/CZA team, comprised of legal and psychosocial experts works all across northern Serbia. APC/CZA visits locations across the country in order to monitor the Serbian-Croatian and Serbian-Hungarian borders and combat the illegal push backs of refugees to Serbia. The APC/CZA…
Read moreOne more LGBT person granted asylum in Serbia
BELGRADE, May 9, 2019 – APC/CZA successfully secured asylum in the Republic of Serbia for a member of the LGBT community for the second time, this time fleeing persecution in Iran. During the asylum procedure that lasted for more than…
Read moreForced refugee push backs to Macedonia from January to April 2019
Text: APC Photo: APC Bujanovac, Presevo, Vranje, Pirot, 30 April 2019 - Employees of the Asylum Protection Center (APC/CZA) make regular visits to the camps in Vranje, Bujanovac, Pirot and open locations in Presevo. Here, APC conducted informal interviews with…
Read moreAPC/CZA lawyer providing free legal counseling for the refugees and asylum seekers in asylum center in Bogovadja
View this post on Instagram APC/CZA lawyer providing free legal counseling/aid and information about the asylum procedure in Serbia and explaining the rights for the refugees and asylum seekers in asylum center in Bogovadja. APC/CZA legal sector is providing free…
Read moreAPC team providing legal help to refugees in Sid and surrounding area
April 11th, 2019 Sid – APC/CZA team informing refugees/migrants and monitoring illegal pushbacks and violence in Sid and the surrounding area. APC/CZA team regularly provides information and psychosocial assistance/support to endangered migrants living in the open areas along the border…
Read moreFrom Afghanistan, the first refugee entrepreneur in Serbia
prepared by: APC photo: APC BELGRADE, February 10 - A 46 year old man from Afghanistan is the first entrepreneurial refugee in Serbia. Two months ago, he received the right to establish an entrepreneurial service for the provision…
Read moreAsylum granted to unaccompanied minor in Serbia for the first time
author:APC/BETA photo:Reuters Belgrade, January 28 - At the end of 2018, an unaccompanied minor girl from an African country received asylum in Serbia - this was the first instance of asylum being granted to an unaccompanied minor in our…
Read moreInternational Conference on the Integration of Refugees was held in Belgrade
Edited:apc Photo:apc BELGRADE,December 10- Asylum Protection Center organized an international conference on the challenges surrounding the integration of refugees in the Balkans and the EU from December 5-8 2018, in Belgrade. The conference brought together experts and representatives of organizations…
Read moreResearch and Policy Brief on Refugee Protection Policy and Practice – Temporary Protection Mechanism
Author: APC/CZA Photo: APC/CZA Belgrade. November 21st - Asylum Protection Center alongside the Center for Public Policy through joint efforts during the past year, have prepared research and a policy…
Read moreCroatian Police Threaten Afghan Boys with Weapons
SOMBOR, October 5th - On the border of Croatia and Hungary, there are currently between 800 and 1000 persons attempting to cross the border or currently residing in its vicinity; with these attempts becoming more frequent as winter approaches. Intimidation, threats…
Read moreViolence against minor migrants trying to cross the Croatian border
Sid / Sombor, September 21 - An increasing number of migrants from Serbia are trying to enter Europe across the Croatian border, among them a large number of minors aged 12 to 17, and are often subjected to physical violence…
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