Source: RTS Video: RTS- Thursday at 9 Belgrade, 12/22/2022- Asylum Protection Center was a guest on the RTS show "Thursday at 9" together with representatives of the police and the academy, in an attempt to shed light on the…
Read moreAPC about the incident in Horgoš, refugee smuggling and the necessary solutions
Belgrade, 11/30/2022 - The migrant or refugee population in Serbia is again "in the spotlight" of the public at this moment. Unfortunately, not on a good occasion. It all started with a new armed conflict that took place in Horgoš,…
Read moreĐurović on the increased number of migrants in Serbia, reception centers and the abuse of visa-free regime
Source: TV K1 Video: TV K1 Belgrade, October 21, 2022 - The number of registered migrants in Serbia has doubled compared to last year. In 2022, more than 86,000 of them were recorded and those are people from Afghanistan, Syria,…
Read moreCamps for refugees insufficient, serious humanitarian situation
Source: RTS Belgrade, October 17, 2022- After two years of a lull due to the pandemic, the number of migrants in our country has increased in recent months. More than 86,000 of them have been officially registered since the beginning…
Read moreIncreased number of refugees entering Serbia
Source: RTS Belgrade, October 4, 2022 - The war in Ukraine, inflation, sanctions and the rising energy prices pushed the issue of migration and migrants to the background, but the migrant crisis has not ceased since 2015. This year, the…
Read moreAccess to asylum has not been announced to be restricted
Source: Tanjug Photo: Tanjug Belgrade, September 25- Radoš Đurović, the executive director of Asylum Protection Center, explains that the public's eyes are currently focused on the treatment of people fleeing Russia, after the announced mobilization. Nevertheless, he continues, the asylum…
Read moreOver 17,000 people from Ukraine have registered their staying in Serbia
Source: Tanjug Photo: Politika Belgrade, September 25, 2022- Over 17,900 people from Ukraine are staying in our country, according to the executive director of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Đurović. He states that over 92,000 Ukrainians have entered the country since…
Read moreAbout 10,000 migrants in Serbia- insufficient accommodation facilities, criminals getting involved
Source: Beta Photo:(BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV/DS) Belgrade, 09/07/2022- The executive director of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Djurović, said today that according to the center's data, more than 70,000 migrants have entered Serbia since the beginning of the year, and that there…
Read moreGrowing number of refugees in Serbia; lack of accommodation
Source: Euronews Belgrade, August 23, 2022- More than 10,000 refugees reside in our country at any given moment, mostly from Asia and North Africa, and since the beginning of the year, in seven months, more than 65,000 people have passed…
Read moreGrowing tensions towards migrants/refugees in the northern Serbia
Source: Nova S The events in Subotica and the conflict between smuggling groups from 07/02/2022, which are disturbing the public, served many people to raise prejudices against refugees in Serbia. The real causes, pushbacks from Hungary, smuggling and the…
Read moreIt is World Refugee Day. What kind of host is Serbia?
Source: K1 Televizija Belgrade, June 20, 2022 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlQtWtSKmvY
Read moreĐurović: Less and less understanding for refugees in the developed world countries
Source: Beta, N1 Belgrade, 06/20/2022- The executive director of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Đurović, assessed there is less and less understanding for refugees and for solidarity in sharing the burden of refugees among the developed world countries, while the movements…
Read moreUnequal rights of refugees and migrants in Europe.
Source: Al Jazeera Balkans Belgrade 25.05.2022 - Rekordni broj izbjeglih i raseljenih ljudi u 21. stoljeću, najmanje 100 miliona ili više od 1 posto svjetske populacije: kako spriječiti uzroke, zaustaviti ratove i nasilje nad civilima? Kakav je status izbjeglih i…
Read moreAPC: The granting of temporary protected status for Ukrainian refugees to be accelerated
Source: Beta Belgrade, April 27, 2022. - The Asylum Protection Center (APC) summed up today that it is necessary to speed up the issuance of decision on granting temporary protected status to the Ukrainian refugees who have residence registration in…
Read moreDuring the 50 days of war in Ukraine, more than 4.7 million people left the country.
Izvor: K1 Televizija. Belgrade, 15.04.2022.
Read moreĐurović: Sistem informacija mora da se razrađuje.
Autor: Euronews Srbija Beograd, 30.03.2022. Radoš Đurović iz Centra za pomoć i zaštitu tražiocima azila rekao je za Euronews Srbija da sistem informisanja za ljude koji dolaze iz Ukrajine mora da se dodatno razradi, kao i da se većina onih koji…
Read moreThe Government urgently to raise Temporary Protection mechanism
Source: Tanjug Belgrade, 12.03.2022. BELGRADE: The Asylum Protection Center appealed to the Government of Serbia to adopt Temporary Protection decision for refugees from Ukraine, which would regulate their rights and their position while they are in our country. Thus, currently…
Read moreTo legally protect everyone who is coming from Ukraine to Serbia
Source: RTS Beograde, 08.03.2022. According to UN data, 1,700,000 people left Ukraine in 10 days. By mid-March, that number could reach four million. Warnings are coming of the possibility of severe humanitarian consequences. The path of refugees from Ukraine leads…
Read moreĐurović: One million refugees from Ukraine is just the first wave in Europe, we appealed to the Government of Serbia to prepare
Source: Euronews Belgrade, 03/03/2022 - In just eight days since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, more than a million refugees left the country and went to the neighboring countries - Hungary, Slovakia, Poland or Romania. Radoš Đurović from…
Read moreSeveral hundred refugees from Ukraine arrived in Serbia
Source: RTS Belgrade 03/02/2022 -The largest number of people escaped from Ukraine to Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary. Several hundred refugees have also arrived in Serbia and for now are mostly staying at relatives and friends. Director of Asylum Protection…
Read moreHalf a million people have fled Ukraine since the intervention began.
Source: K1 Televizija Beograd 01.03.2022.
Read moreThe echoes of war: Migration wave gets increased
Source: Nova Belgrade, 03/01/2022 -As the bombs fall, victims are counted, but so are hundreds of thousands of refugees. It all sounds incredibly painful and familiar to us. The war in Ukraine, like any war, makes people flee. According to…
Read moreRefugees from Ukraine arrive in Serbia: We must be ready to receive at least 10,000 people.
Source: Tanjug Belgrade, 28.02.2022. -The number of refugees who will enter Serbia depends exclusively on the behavior of our neighboring countries Director of the Asylum Protection Center Rados Djurovic says that first refugees from Ukraine have already started arriving in…
Read moreTV interview about the cross-section of situation in Serbia regarding refugees
Source: Televizija Vesti Belgrade, 01/11/2022-In a guest appearance on TV Vesti, at Dušica Spasić, the director of our center, Radoš Djurović, was a guest. He spoke about the current situation regarding asylum and migration in Serbia. At the same time,…
Read moreBiased information and inactivity of those responsible are the reason for xenophobia.
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 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 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…
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