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 moreAPC in Cairo – Visiting StARS organization that looks after refugees
Author: APC Photo: APC - This month, Asylum Protection Center was in Cairo, visitin StARS, one of the first organizations in Egypt dedicated to caring for and improving the conditions of refugees and migrants. A unique visit, that…
Read moreResearch and policy brief on the education of refugee children in Serbia – the Challenges of Integration
Author: APC/CZA Photo: APC/CZA Belgrade. November 22nd - Asylum Protection Center alongside the Center for Public Policy through joint efforts during the past year, have prepared research and a policy…
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 moreResearch and policy brief on the health protection of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Serbia
Author: APC/CZA Photo: APC/CZA Belgrade. November 15th - Asylum Protection Center alongside the Center for Public Policy through joint efforts during the past year, have prepared research and a policy…
Read moreIranian Asylum Seekers Wish to Integrate As Soon As Possible
Arranged by: APC Photo: APC Banja Koviljaca / Bogovadja, November 11 - Amongst the refugees and migrants we've met with in recent months at reception and asylum…
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 moreRefugees at Exhibition About First World War
Banja Koviljaca, November 5th - On October 31st a visit to the Jadar Museum was organized within the framework of LOVE integration support, with a group of refugees who are housed at the asylum center in Banja Koviljaca. After numerous…
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 moreRahima, who wanted to escape her suffering with death was saved by hope
Belgrade, October 19 – We first met 19-year-old Rahima in mid-July this year when, in front of the refugee camp in Subotica, she came out to talk with our team that visits every day to provide legal and psychological help…
Read moreAPC in Lebanon, the country with the highest number of refugees per capita
Edited: APC Photo: APC Beirut, September 28th - Representatives of our organization visited Lebanon, a small Mediterranean country where about a million refugees reside, making it the country with the largest number of refugees per capita in the world.…
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 moreAPC / CZA Asylum Stories 2017.
Unaccompanied minor migrants 2017
Jamila’s flee from her husband and fear of the future
Edited: APC Photo: APC Bogovadja, August - Jamila is a single mother from Afghanistan. We met her for the first time half a year ago in Bogovadja. She seemed lost with her three sons by her side, but she accepted…
Read moreEU proposing to countries that accept migrants, € 6,000 for each migrant
Edited: APC Brussels, July 24th - The European Commission proposed today to pay EUR 6,000 to member states of the European Union (EU) for each migrant saved on the Mediterranean Sea that they accept. The commission said it wants to offer…
Read more“Axis of the Willing in the EU – Protects Europe from Migrants
Edited: APC Photo: Routers BERLIN/VIENNA, June 14th - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and German Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer want to establish cooperation at the regional level with Italy in order to prevent illegal migration. Austria, Germany…
Read moreMedina’s Family Released from Custody in Tovarnik and Transferred to the Center for Asylum Seekers in Kutina
Edited: APC Photo:APC ZAGREB, June 6th - The family of six-year-old Afghan girl Medina Hoseini, who died tragically after being hit by a train at the border crossing between Croatia and Serbia, was released after more than 70 days in detention…
Read moreRepresentatives of the Balkans in Sarajevo: Joint actions to prevent illegal migration
Source: Beta Photo: Beta SARAJEVO, June 7th - At today's meeting in Sarajevo, representatives of the Western Balkan countries committed to jointly prevent illegal migration, smuggling and trafficking in human beings. Representatives of Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia,…
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 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 moreNew migrant route through Bosnia and Herzegovina
Edited: APC SARAJEVO/ZAGREB, May 8th - The migrant crisis has reached Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 100 migrants enter Bosnia and Herzegovina daily, Slobodan Ujic, director of the Foreign Affairs Service Bih told Radio Sarajevo that this trend will continue in…
Read moreDramatic increase in migrants arriving in Greece
edited: APC ATHENS, May 7th - The number of migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey, by sea and land, is increasing, the Greek authorities warn, and the media there. Only Sunday morning on the islands of Lesbos and Sios arrived…
Read moreHungary refused to ratify a European-African statement, because, they claim it’s pro-migrant
edited: APC photo: MTI:Molnár Edvárd BUDAPEST, May 3rd - Hungary has refused to ratify a European-African statement stating the 'welfare of migration for development', which was adopted at a ministerial conference in Morocco, attended by 60 European and African…
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 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 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 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…
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