Source: APC Photo: APC Belgrade, April 15, 2024- Today, the Serbian authorities handed over the first Serbian passport to a refugee who came to Serbia as a minor without parents in 2018, fleeing from Afghanistan due to the danger to…
Read moreTo grant asylum to refugees from Ukraine
Source: APC Photo: APC This year, according to the current law, Serbia cannot extend temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine, nor is it able to emulate and follow the example of the EU, where this issue of temporary protection…
Read moreAPC 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…
Read moreOur smartphone application now also in Ukrainian
The application is now available to refugees from Ukraine in the Ukrainian language and thus allows them unhindered access while they are in Serbia but also before they come to Serbia. It enables refugees to access all relevant information about…
Read moreImportant info for Ukrainian refugees, APC helps in gaining temporary protection
Asylum Protection Center provides free legal aid and assistance to Ukrainian refugees in obtaining temporary protection or in seeking asylum in Serbia, all in the context of raising influx of Ukrainian refugees (entering and/or temporarily staying in Serbia), inquiring how…
Read moreAll routes of migrants – high smuggling tariff for leaving Serbia
Source: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, August 15, 2023- Radoš Đurović, executive director of Asylum Protection Center, points out for RTS that there are around 5,000 migrants in Serbia at any given time, most of them from Syria. Sooner or…
Read moreAre 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…
Read moreWorld Refugee Day – only 6 granted protections by June in Serbia
Serbia celebrates World Refugee Day with many challenges regarding the protection of refugees who come from different hotspots and are subject to different protection regimes, but also with the opportunity to arrange their reception and protection while they are in…
Read moreAPC in EUAA’s meeting on protection of children in Malta
To contribute to strengthening the protection of children’s rights in transnational procedures APC took part in a joint thematic meeting of the EUAA Vulnerable Experts’ Network (as one of the members) and of the EUAA Network of Dublin Units in…
Read moreThey are fleeing from Ukraine, and Serbia is their new home!
Many refugees from war-torn Ukraine are coming, passing through and staying in Serbia. Of more than 148,000 refugees who entered Serbia since the beginning of the war, 27.782 people registered their staying in Serbia, while more than 1,164 Ukrainian refugees…
Read moreAssistance in the education and integration of young refugees
Source: RTS Video: RTS Belgrade, January 19, 2023- Afghan Daud Aryubi and Syrian Khalil Kansor go to school in Belgrade together, and they were associated with each other by being refugees. They say that their friends in Serbia accepted…
Read moreIncreasing access to vaccines and education for refugees.
In Serbia, Asylum Protection Center launched a national campaign in 2021 to ensure refugees and asylum seekers could get COVID-19 vaccines. The organization is also working to protect migrant children and help them enroll in schools. When COVID-19 vaccines…
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 moreImportant information for Ukrainian refugees
Belgrade, March 7, 2022 - Considering the constant phone calls and the interest of citizens in obtaining relevant information regarding the conditions of reception of refugees from Ukraine in Serbia, as well as the growing influx of refugees from Ukraine,…
Read morePreparing food for unaccompanied minors
Belgrade, 09/06/2021- One of the sectors of APC/CZA is food production, where part of the food is donated to refugees and migrants throughout Serbia. Among the children to whom we deliver food periodically and upon request are unaccompanied minors residing…
Read moreConnecting young refugees and youth from the local environment
Subotica, 09/06/2021- The pandemic influenced everyday life of all of us and especially migrants, asylum seekers and refugees are made even more vulnerable and isolated. In environments with a greater social tension like Subotica, where the animosity toward refugees has…
Read moreReport on “Push backs” on the northern borders of Serbia in 2020.
Since the refugee crisis of 2015 and 2016, which represent milestones in the management of migration in Europe, and especially in the Balkans, there has been a tightening of border control, both the external borders of the European Union (specifically…
Read moreMaloletnik u besvesnom stanju usled smrzavanja na otvorenom.
Maloletnik bez pratnje roditelja M. A. (16) poreklom iz Sirije, pronadjen je u šumi u okolini Subotice, i hitno dana 17.11.2020. godine primljen u bolnicu u besvesnom stanju. Dijagnostifikovana mu je hipotermija, sepsa, meningitis, delimicna oduzetost tela i upala pluća,…
Read moreHumanitarian aid to mothers and women at risk.
Currently, there are up to 1,400 people in camps along the Serb-Croatian border, of which about 200 are families with small children. On the other hand, some families stay in Sid for up to 10 months, in a transit camp.…
Read moreThe APC is helping unaccompanied children get through the Covid19 situation.
Hygiene, traditional food and humanitarian aid are needed to reach everyone in need. Especially unaccompanied children. That is why we periodically deliver the same help in the form of food, hygiene, traditional food, fruit clothes, masks, vitamins, to institutions and…
Read moreU Krnjači pomažemo u borbi protiv Covida
28.10.2020. Krnjaca, U centrima za azil delimo maske, higijenu i sanitajzere kao i maske za zaštitu od COVID_19, a u okviru projekta “Hitna multisektorska podrška migrantima/azilantima/licima kojima je odobren azil kao odgovor na krizu COVID-19” koji je podržala Fondacija za…
Read moreAPC proizvodnja hrane radi punom parom da nahrani izbegle
U našoj proizvodnji hrane, proizvodimo i distribuiramo hranu za izbeglice širom naše zemlje, tamo gde im je pomoć najpotrebnija i gde je ljudi nemaju dovoljno. Pored hrane, izbeglima dostavljamo higijenu, lekove, zaštitnu anticovid opremu i drugu humanitarnu pomoć. U svemu…
Read moreVranje, Bujanovac i jug Srbije u dometu APC pomoći
Vranje, južna Srbija. Naš mobilni tim pokriva ovaj deo Srbije, deli humanitarnu pomoć izbeglicama, majkama i deci, kojima je preko potrebna sveža hrana, pirinač, voće, vitamini ali i Anti-covid oprema i higijena, a u okviru projekta “Hitna multisektorska podrška migrantima/azilantima/licima…
Read moreU Subotici se naši timovi bore da poprave životne uslov
U subotičkom prihvatnom kampu veoma teška situacija, sve veći broj ljudi se nalazi u kampu, nakon policijskih racija u okolini Kanjiže i Subotice. Manjak prostora i neadekvatni uslovi za porodice. Trenutno se, pored 250 samaca u kampu nalazi i 6…
Read moreObroci, higijena, anti-covid zaštita pravo iz APC-a
Svakodnevno spremamo za izbeglice obroke napravljene u našem sektoru proizvodnje hrane. Takođe nabavljamo i delimo im i sveže voće, vitamine i dodatke ishrani, a koje nisu imali mogućnosti sami da nabave. Naši mobilni timovi dele i sanitajzere, maske, rukavice, maramice…
Read moreMigrantima u Obrenovcu stigli obroci od APC-a
Migranti u Obrenovcu koji ne poseduju registracionu karticu u kampu, nemaju pristup obrocima i do 2 nedelje, te se žale na nedostatak hrane i higijenskih sredstava. APC tim pored informisanja i savetovanja u Obrenovcu deli i hranu i humanitarnu pomoć…
Read moreAPC timovi dele humanitarnu pomoć i hranu
APC timovi dele humanitarnu pomoć i hranu izbeglicama iz Sirije, Iraka i Palestine koji se nalaze u beogradskim parkovima. Sve je više porodica sa decom, a mnogi svedoče da su iz Turske u Srbiju stigli za nedelju do dve, kroz…
Read moreBroj izbeglica raste u parkovima, APC pomaže
Broj izbeglih u kampovima naglo opada u odnosu na stanje za vreme #COVID_19 , a novi ljudi ulaze intenzivnije iz pravca Makedonije i Kosova u #Srbija. Beogradski parkovi se svakodnevno pune sa ljudima iz Iraka, Sirije, Palestine i dr. Naši…
Read moreInformisanje izbeglih o azilu i novim COVID merama
Pružanje informacija je i dalje najbitniji segment u zaštiti novopridošlih migranata i izbeglica u Srbiju. Naši timovi obilaze prihvatne centre i mesta gde se izbegli nalaze na jugu Srbije, u centralnoj Srbiji i na severu zemlje. U okviru projekta “Hitna…
Read moreFind out new and verified information during the state of emergency, through our APC smartphone app
15.04.2020. Belgrade, You can find out new and verified information regarding the validity of work permits, IDs, freedom of movement, camp rules and regulations, social assistance during the satate of emergency because of CORONA19 virus through our APC smartphone app…
Read moreAPC/CZA panel in Belgrade “Access to employment for refugees and asylum seekers. in Serbia: Experiences, Challenges and Lessons Learned ”
06.12.2019. Belgrade, - Within the APC/CZA international event "Integration Days 2019", at the Hotel Zira, and within the project "Support to asylum seekers and persons granted protection in entering the labor market" in Serbia, funded by Switzerland Confederation, State Secretariat…
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 moreAt least 600 migrants reside outdoors along the borders with Croatia and Hungary
Text: APC Photo: APC Sid, Subotica, September 18 - Over the last 10 days there has been a noticeable increase in the number of migrants present in open locations both at the Croatian and Hungarian borders. There are currently about…
Read moreIncreased number of unaccompanied minor migrants on the northern borders of Serbia
Text: APC Photo: APC Horgoš, August 20, 2019 - During regular visits to open locations on the northern borders of Serbia, the APC / CZA mobile team consisting of a lawyer and a psychologist visited an open location in Horgos…
Read moreAPC/CZA mobile office helping refugees wherever they are
Text: APC Photo: APC Krnjača, 05 August 2019 - APC/CZA team of legal and psychosocial staff using our mobile office on wheels “APC camper” to visit Krnjaca camp, where many of the refugees are unaccompanied minors, providing them with all…
Read moreMigrant/refugee situation on the northern border of Serbia from July 22 to August 2, 2019
Text: APC Photo: APC Subotica, Horgoš, Kelebija, Kikinda, 03 August 2019. - APC/CZA staff regularly visit border areas in northern Serbia, migrant and refugee reception camps and open locations where migrants and refugees are located along the borders with Croatia,…
Read moreViolence against migrants on the Hungarian border continues
text: APC photo: APC KELEBIJA, July 25, 2019 – Migrants who are trying to cross the border at Kelebija face the humiliating and inhumane behavior from Hungarian border police officers daily. Migrants who are staying outside the camps, in open…
Read moreThe number of crossing attempts of the Romanian border is increasing
Text: APC Photo: APC MOKRIN, July 25 – According to the information from the field gathered by the APC mobile team, the Romanian border is used less often for illegal crossings when compared to the Hungarian and Croatian borders; however,…
Read moreMotivating children refugees to continue their education in Serbia
Text: APC Photo: APC Sjenica, July 24, 2019 - During the summer break, the Asylum Protection Center team consisting of a social worker, pedagogue and cultural mediator is conducting workshops in Sjenica which are tackling the topic of education in…
Read moreAn increasing number of migrants are living outdoors and trying to cross borders
Text: APC Photo: APC July 24, 2019 - An increase in the number of migrants attempting to cross borders along with the border areas with Croatia, Hungary, and Romania has been noted by APC mobile team. According to the information…
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