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Europe must end repression of human rights defenders assisting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants

Source: Council of Europe Photo: IMAGO/photothek   Strasbourg, February 22, 2024- “Across Europe, individuals and organisations are facing growing harassment, intimidation, violence and criminalisation simply for contributing to the protection of the human rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.…

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Smuggling as the result of fences and refugees’ despair

Source: RTS Photo: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, December 5, 2023- The President of Asylum Protection Center, Radoš Đurović, told RTS that at least 50 people come to Serbia every day from the direction of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, and there…

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APC’s guest appearance on the Day live show on N1

Source: N1 Video: N1 Belgrade, November 9, 2023- Radoš Đurović from the Asylum Protection Center was a guest on the show Day live, where he talked about the current situation with migrants in Serbia. He states that after the operation…

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Đurović: The Hungarian fence on the border with Serbia only strengthened the gangs that smuggle migrants

Source: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, November 7, 2023- Radoš Đurović from Asylum Protection Center tells RTS that the problem of smuggling gangs and their mutual conflicts in Serbia has been going on for years, and that Serbian citizens are also…

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“The conflict in the Middle East serves for the needs of the fight against migration going to Europe”: Radoš Đurović on the situation of refugees for Danas

Source: Danas Belgrade, October 24, 2023- The Hamas attack on Israel that took place on October 7 raised the question and fear of possible terrorist attacks, which, according to Danas' interlocutors, are closely related to the issue of migration from…

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APC claims that the policy of fences and pushback creates and strengthens smuggling

Source: APC, RTS, BBC FOTO: Armend Nimani/AFP Belgrade, September 29- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban recently stated that migrants attacked the joint border patrol of Serbia and Hungary using automatic weapons. He also stated that migrants have crossed the Rubicon…

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Are the migrants in Serbia conflicted (and why)?

Source: Nova S, APC Video: Nova S   Belgrade, June 26, 2023- In the last week, there have been several incidents involving migrants. Asylum Protection Center especially emphasizes the vulnerability of the refugee population, which, in this situation is actually…

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Radoš Đurović: The agreement of EU members to pay for not accepting migrants also affects Serbia

Source: Tanjug, Politika   Belgrade, June 11, 2023- Every decision related to asylum and migration in Europe directly affects Serbia, since we are the last country on the border of the Schengen area, as Radoš Đurović, executive director of Asylum…

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Đurović 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,…

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Increased 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…

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Access 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…

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About 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…

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APC 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…

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Đurović: 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…

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Unequal 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…

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CMS demand an urgent dismissal of the top of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior!

Source: CMS 05.04.2022 - Asylum and integration policies The Grand Chamber Panel of the European Court of Human Rights rejected the referral request of the Republic of Croatia in the case of little Madina’s family. Thus, the judgement that the Republic of Croatia violated…

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The 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…

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The government to urgently make a decision on the temporary protection of the refugees from Ukraine

Source: Tanjug Belgrade, 03/12/2022 Asylum Protection Center appealed today to the Government of Serbia to pass an act on the temporary protection of refugees from Ukraine, which would regulate the rights and position of these persons while they are in…

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Đurović: 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…

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Several 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…

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The 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…

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Refugees 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…

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