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28/01/2021 Belgrade, After incorrectly transmitted information in most mainstream media about the robbery in the center of Belgrade allegedly committed by migrants, the public and citizens felt threatened, and fear and animosity towards migrants, asylum seekers and refugees increased. Without…
Read moreSlovenian Court Ruling a Boost in Battle against Refugee, Migrant ‘Pushbacks’
Source Birn Autor Kristina Bozic Slovenian court ruling a boost in battle against refugee pushbacks https://balkaninsight.com/2020/07/28/slovenian-court-ruling-a-boost-in-battle-against-refugee-pushbacks/
Read moreJoint Statement on push-backs practice across EU-Balkans migration routes
October 18, 2019. - Joint statement of the Coalition for Rights and Wellbeing of Forced Migrants along Euro-Balkan's Routes In the Balkan countries, along the migrant routes, pushing of people from one to another neighboring country and more often chain…
Read moreCommissioner talks about violence and illegal expulsion of migrants by Croatian police for the first time
Source: TV Prva Belgrade, September 01, 2019 - Violence by Croatian police against migrants at the border has now taken on dramatic proportions, said Rados Djurovic, director of the Asylum Protection Centre (APC/CZA), in the Morning program on TV Prva.…
Read moreIs there a need for a special center for migrant children?
Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti Photo: Tanjug Belgrade, 21 July 2019 – Asylum Protection Center (APC/CZA) believes that the existing centers for accommodation of minor migrants are inadequate and urges the opening of a special center for the reception of these…
Read moreThe largest migrant center in Europe is now closed – how it will affect Serbia?
Source: RTS Belgrade, 11 July 2019 - Italian Minister of the Interior Mateo Salvini recently closed the country’s migrant center in Sicily, the largest one in Europe. Salvini stated in defense of this closure that the number of migrants in…
Read moreLarge number of minor migrants on the road through Serbia
Source: Al Jazeera Balkans Belgrade, Šid, 03 July 2019 - It’s all too common to see unaccompanied minor migrants arrive in Serbia, convinced they will be able to make it to Western Europe alone. Unfortunately, the migration crisis is nowhere…
Read moreDjurovic: The efficiency of determining refugee status and integration of the refugees are the biggest challenges
Source: Beta Photo: Beta Belgrade, 20 June 2019 - Director of the Asylum Protection Center (APC/CZA) Rados Djurovic assessed today, on the occasion of World Refugee Day, that the biggest challenges regarding refugees in Serbia are related to the speed…
Read moreDjurovic: The human attitude towards refugees is crucial in order to understand them and help them
Source: Radio Beograd 1 Photo: APC Belgrade, 20 June 2019 - On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Misa Stojiljkovic hosted Rados Djurovic in the morning program of Radio Belgrade 1 "Catch the Day!". During the show’s regular section "Question…
Read moreĐurović: The biggest problem in Serbia is that we do not have accommodation for unaccompanied minor migrants
Source: PRVA Belgrade, 08 June 2019 - On June 7th, a young refugee was killed after being stabbed 24 times in Belgrade. Many believe this murder was allegedly an act of revenge for the victim’s complicity in the murder of…
Read moreRefugees remain for several years or even permanent, integration is a new step for Serbia
Belgrade, January 14th - Our country is still a place where migrants stay longer, due to their non-acceptance in most neighboring countries, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania. Without a legally regulated position, they remain in the Balkans for several…
Read moreDjurovic: About 400 migrants staying outdoors
Source: Tanjug Photo: N. Skenderija Belgrade, January 8 - It is estimated that between 5,000 and 6,000 refugees are currently in Serbia, where approximately 350 to 400 of them are staying outside in the cold, director of the Asylum…
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 moreThe Rise of Anti-Refugee Rhetoric in the Western Balkans and Central Europe
Source: BETA Edited: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, December 9 - In almost all countries of the Western Balkans and Central Europe there is noticeable intensified anti-refugee rhetoric, and the actions of political groups against the acceptance…
Read morePanel: Serbia, in addition to being a transit country, is also becoming a destination country for migrants
Source: BETA Edited: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, December 07 - Serbia is a country that is becoming a destination country for migrants, primarily thanks to its position on the EU's external border and the fact that it…
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 moreResponse of APC to TV Prva’s Broadcast from 05.11.
PRVA SRPSKA TELEVIZIJA Autoput 22 11080 Zemun Press Release on Migrants and Refugees in Journal Prva from 05.11.2018 Dear Sir or Madame, In the broadcast on migrants and refugees published in the Journal of your television, from 05.11.2018, and furthermore…
Read moreDjurovic: Migration can not be solved by unilateral acts
Source: RTS BELGRADE, Oct. 31 - Executive Director of Asylum Protection Center, Rados Djurovic told RTS that there is no global solution to the problem of migration. "Our position is like a buffer zone," Djurovic pointed out. Today, migration is…
Read moreDjurovic: About 2,000 migrants outside of reception centers
Source: RTS BELGRADE, August 26 - Rados Djurovic from Asylum Protection Center spoke with RTS that this year marked the news that a significant number of migrants circumvent Serbia's reception centers and that there are currently about 2,000 of them…
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 moreContrasts: Refugees and Migrants in Serbia
Izvor: Al Jazeere Balkans BELGRADE, June 1st - It has been two years since the official closing of the so-called Balkan Refugee Route. But, although in an incomparably smaller measure, the influx of refugees and migrants into the Balkans, and so on Serbia, never…
Read morePOLICE of HN Canton returns buses to Sarajevo Canton territory, migrants frightened and in tears
Izvor: klix.ba SARAJEVO, Maj 18th - Scandalous decision by the police of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton that, despite the decision of state institutions, the return migrants and refugees who were sent from Sarajevo to Salakovac in five buses has caused great panic…
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 moreNecessary systemic solution for vaccination of refugee children in Serbia
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 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 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 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 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 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 moreSmugglers know the way to Serbia
izvor: DW | autor: A Andrejev / G. Papako?ev foto: dpa D.Savic Bulgaria fears a tide of refugees Now that the western Balkan route is closed, refugees are increasingly trying to reach the EU via its eastern Bulgarian border. The government in…
Read moreDjurovic: The situation is tough, but we need to show our humanity
Izvor: Tanjug Foto: Tanjug BELGRADE, July 16- Director of Asylum Protection Center Rados Djurovic assessed today that the situation regarding migrants is very difficult and that Serbia can not be left to itself, but also pointed out that no…
Read moreStranded on the Serbian-Hungarian border
Reške, May 14 - Ahmed with his friends, cooks water in a metal pot. Their campfire is located in Serbia, just a few steps from a barbed wire barrier in front of the border with Hungary. Ahmed, who was a…
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