On January 21st, 2013, police of Nis has discovered 2 vehicles with 22 illegal migrants from Eritrea, Afghanistan and Syria, and has arrested one person on suspicion of having committed the criminal offense of illegal border crossing and people smuggling,…
Read moreBanja Vrujci: Protest because of asylum seekers
Source : RTS 22.01.2014. On January 22nd, 2014, residents of Banja Vrujci, revolted by the akt of asylum seekers, blocked the road Mionica - Ljig for one hour. Asylum seekers have found accomodation in one of the villas in Banja…
Read moreRoadblock because of asylum seekers
SOURCE: B92 27.November 2013. Residents of the village Skela blocked the road at Obrenovac on November 27th, 2013, after arrival of 2 buses with asylum seekers for which there was no room in the Center for asylum seekers in Bogovadja.The…
Read moreGovernment: Temporary accommodation for asylum seekers in Obrenovac
Source: Večernje novosti 25.November 2013. On November 25th, 2013, Serbian government designated a facility in Obrenovac in the Poljacki kraj bb – Usce street to serve for temporary accommodation and provision of basic living conditions for persons seeking asylum in…
Read moreThe European Commission assessed the rejections of refugees as illegal
Source: Euro Activ 20. novembra 2013. The European Commission indirectly warned Greece and Bulgaria to stop turning down Syrian refugees at their borders with Turkey, after the UN issued a similar call just a few days before. Greece and Bulgaria…
Read moreAppeal to the Government of the Republic of Serbia
Video from the press conference held on November 18th, 2013, in which was sent an appeal to the Government of the Republic of Serbia to immediately respond and resolve the humanitarian crisis in Bogovadja.
Read moreFair of cultures in Lajkovac
The Asylum Protection Center (APC / CZA) organized a fair of cultures in Lajkovac on April 14th, 2014, as a part of the final activities of the project "Improvement of the system of asylum protection in Serbia", financed by the…
Read moreOne more Syrian received asylum in Serbia
One more person from Syria has received asylum in Serbia in July 2013. Once again, as in all previous cases when the asylum was granted in Serbia, Syrian was represented by the Asylum Protection Centre (APC / CZA).Since he was…
Read moreGermany still records a large number of asylum applications from Serbia
Source: Deutsche Welle 16.08.2013. Only in July 2013, 9,500 people requested asylum in Germany. That's almost twice as much as in the same month last year. German authorities are concerned. Most of asylum seekers comes from Chechnya, but there are…
Read moreArrests of smugglers on the border of Albania and Montenegro
Source: Dan 13.avgust 2013. .On August 13th, 2013, Albanian police have arrested 43 Pakistanis and Moroccans near the town of Gjirokastra, who planned to illegally cross the border with Montenegro, in order to proceed to Western Europe. According to local…
Read moreMigrants are loosing their lives trying to reach European coast
Source: Blic, BBC The Italian Coast Guard on August 10th 2013 found six bodies of illegal immigrants at a beach in Sicily, which is believed to be citizens of Syria, while 100 people are rescued.According to Italian investigators, they probably…
Read moreReport of the Austrian Interior Ministry about the migratory routes
Source: B92 13.August 2013. Routes for transfer of the illegal migrants to the countries of the EU are increasingly diverted to the east of Europe, indicates the report of the Austrian Interior Ministry.Researchers pay special attention to Subotica and…
Read moreMore illegal immigrants in Macedonia
Source : Al Jazeera 8.August 2013. Macedonian police claims that the number of migrants in this country is constantly growing, especially in times of economic crisis in Greece.Over Macedonia's territory every year a thousands of migrants crosses in a search…
Read moreExhibition of photos of refugees and displaced persons
Source : Voice of America In the end of July 2013. renowned photographer Sebastian Rich opened the exhibition of photos documenting difficult condition migrants from war countries are facing. Sebastian Rich calls himself "photoreporter at the right place at the…
Read moreThe highest number of migrants in Serbia are from Eritrea
Source: Politika 21.07.2013. Among those who seek asylum in Serbia and then continue their way to the EU, there are still many citizens of Syria and Somalia, but more and more of them are coming from Sudan and Mali.…
Read more„Frontex“ report on Western Balkan countries
Source : Banjaluka.com 18. July 2013. Number of asylum applications from Bosnia and Herzegovina in May 2013 was higher by 13 percent compared to April 2013, according to the latest data of European Agency for External Borders (Frontex) in…
Read moreSnowden asked for temporary asylum in Russia
Source: RTS 16. July 2013. The fugitive former associate of the Central Intelligence Agency, Edward Snowden applied for a temporary asylum in Russia on July16th2013, said the famous Russian lawyer Anatoly Kučerena.Kučerena, participated in the last week held meeting of…
Read moreSnowden addressed to the public
Source: B92 12. July 2013 Moscow - Edward Snowden has held a meeting with human rights representatives at the Moscow airport today and the WikiLeaks has released what is actually said. We carry out a statement of Snowden, that…
Read moreAsylum seekers resettled from Vracevic
Source : Večernje novosti 9. July 2013. Temporary reception center for asylum seekers who come mainly from African and Asian countries, in the village of Vracevic near Lajkovac, will definitely be closed in mid-July of 2013. The temporary center…
Read moreGreek authorities endanger the lives of migrants and refugees by forcibly returning them in Turkey
Source : Amnesty International 9. July 2013. Refugees and migrants who come from war-torn countries such as Syria and Afghanistan and trying to reach the EU via Greece are at high risk from being unlawfully and forcibly returned to…
Read moreHong Kong Filmmakers First to Make Snowden Movie
SOURCE: Večernje novosti , Fox News 2. jul 2013. Four amateur filmmakers in Hong Kong have beaten Hollywood to the draw by producing the first film on the escaped American intelligence agent Edward Snowden, a five-minute thriller depicting the…
Read moreGetting rich by smuggling people
Source: Večernje novosti 7. July 2013. People smuggling across the border is one of the most profitable types of smuggling because it can be earned at least 3 000 euros per month. This "business" often brings much more money…
Read moreKosovo introduced visas for 87 countries
SOURCE: Global post, Politika 1.07. 2013. Self-proclaimed Government of Kosovo decided to introduce a visa regime for 87 countries in May 2013. It was said that the visa regime will be based on the "threats to security of the…
Read moreOver Serbia to the west
SOURCE: RTS 30.06. 2013. In recent years, Serbia has become a transit route for the illegal migrants from Africa and Asia that flee to Western Europe. Illegal migrants pay to our smugglers from 3 to 10 thousand euros for transit.…
Read moreSyrian received asylum in Serbia
Source: B 92 30.06.2013. The Republic of Serbia has put under its protection a Syrian citizen who left his country in order to save his life and to find a better tomorrow. In the procedure for receiving the status,…
Read moreThe policman who was smuggled asylum seekers arrested
Source: Večernje novosti 25. June 2013. The former chief of the police in Loznica Slavisa Mitrovic, who is now assigning as assistant chief of police in neighboring Krupanj, was arrested on June 25th 2013 near Presevo. Mitrovic was caught while…
Read moreA group of smugglers arrested in the region
Source: Večernje novosti On May 30, 2013, the Department of the Criminal Police of Serbia arrested the members of the criminal group in the area of Pancevo, Subotica, Smederevska Palanka, Belgrade and Kanjiza. That group was accused for organization of…
Read moreArrest of smugglers in Macedonia
Source: The Daily Star , Večernje novosti 16.jun 2013. On Sunday, June 16th, Macedonian police arrested 15 people, among whom was one member of the Macedonian police, suspected for smuggling and trafficking. They are suspected for smuggling the migrants, who…
Read moreRefugees in the jaws of bureaucracy
Source: Novi magazin 19.06. 2013. Although it's been three years since the ministerial conference in Belgrade and the year after the donors have provided funds for the Regional Housing Program for refugees, not a single apartment still has not been…
Read moreNew camp for asylum seekers opened in Hungary
Source : Subotica com Thousands of migrants, mostly from the Far East has been passing and temporary staying in Subotica in last several years. Migrants who due to economical reasons or political instability in their home countries are trying to…
Read moreMigrants in Greece arrested besed on their physical appearance
Source: Reuters, Blic According to the international human rights organization – Human Rights Watch (HRW), during the suppression of illegal migration Greek police often arrest people based on their physical appearance, but later shows that only a small number of…
Read more25 human traffickers arrested in Croatia
Source: Vijesti 15 May 2013. In mid-May 2013., Croatian Office for Suppression of Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) has filed an indictment against three Afghans and seven citizens of Croatia for smuggling foreign citizens from Serbia to the countries of…
Read moreMigrants take care of migrants, but also of the Germans
Source: Deutsche Welle 13 May 2013. Migrants in Germany very often live without occupation and without perspective. But now, those who want can finish biannual course for social assistants. It is about education of a staff that is needed for…
Read moreThe million people sought a better life in Germany in the year 2012
08. May 2012. During the last year, due to the crisis in the south and south-east of Europe, Germany has reached a record number of migrants: 1.08 million. Experts say that kind of situation could serve as part of a…
Read moreSerbia like the station of recovery for asylum seekers
Source: RTS 10 April 2013. Overabundance in the asylum center in Bogovadja is no longer a problem. Unlike a few months ago, when the migrants slept in the woods, the situation in the center is much better now. Unlike…
Read more“Invasion” at the Serbian-Hungarian border
Source: B92 17.03.2013. Subotica - In the region of Subotica the situation with the immigrants who are trying to reach West European countries through Serbia and Hungary becomes alarming again. Hungary has changed the regulations so one can…
Read moreDjilas: There no logic in making the asylum centers on the territory of Belgrade
Source: Blic, Kurir 24.03.2013. Today Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas supported the citizens of Mladenovac in their efforts to not allow construction of an asylum center in their municipality, saying that the state needs to provide the specific capacities…
Read moreAnalysts: Regional solution is a must to curb illegal migration
07/03/2013 Illegal migration is a security threat to Southeast Europe and requires a regional solution, experts say. By Ivana Jovanovic and Miki Trajkovski for Southeast European Times in Belgrade and Skopje -- 07/03/13 A group of illegal immigrants warm up…
Read moreCriminal organization with a branch in Serbia has been broken up
Tanjug – 22. 02. 2013. Wiena - Austrian police successfully busted a criminal organization that was smuggling illegals in Europe and in past few years made a profit of more than 50 million euros. This organization had a branch in…
Read moreBogovadja: From asylum to the classroom
On Wednesday, January the 16th, for the first time in Serbia, the children asylum seekers from Bogovadja started to go to school. Jamal and Saleh are the twins from Somalia who became pupils of the first grade in the local…
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