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Migration management – a shared responsibility
Vice President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas paid a two-day visit to Serbia. Last night he visited the Asylum Center in Obrenovac, from where he said that no one can answer the challenges of migration alone, but that cooperation and joint work are necessary. During Schinas' visit, a...
Reconstruction of the Vranje Asylum Center
The Asylum Center in Vranje was renovated under the EU Support to Migration Management in Serbia, with the co-financing of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration. The current improved capacities can accommodate 150 beneficiaries in 63 rooms. Among other things, reconstruction works were carried out on carpentry, water and sewage...
Minors and alone in pursuit of a better life
Yusuf was 15 years old when he went into exile from his native Afghanistan alone, without his parents or any other escort, and he could not imagine that he would stop in Serbia on his way to Western Europe and become an adult there. Silent, scowling just enough not to...
War is off the table. Let’s talk about life
The first thing you notice when you step into the yard of the Asylum Center in Vranje is the positive and relaxed atmosphere among the people. This should come as a surprise given that refugees from Ukraine, mostly women, and children, are housed here. However, when the conversation starts after...
Education of migrant children in Serbia: Jean from Burundi now lives in Krnjača and loves Partizan
Due to the civil war in Burundi, Jean (16) and Pierre (14) had to leave their home and start a refugee journey full of uncertainty in that small country in the eastern part of Africa. They share the fate of millions of migrant children. They found security in Serbia. Upon...
Five trainings on the narrative on migration
In March and April 2022, five trainings on how to improve the narrative on migration were held at the Migration Training Center in Plandište for representatives of state institutions involved in migration management. Prior to that, migration experts Vladimir Petronijevic and Miroslava Jelacic held training for trainers, representatives of the...
Migrations are like water, they always find a way
The Western Balkans route which migrants mostly use to reach the countries of the European Union (EU), with its part that stretches across North Macedonia and Serbia near Presevo, passes through inaccessible very harsh terrain in certain parts. At the top of one of the hills surrounding Presevo, covered only...
During 2021, 68,308 migrants were accommodated in reception and asylum centers
According to the latest statistical data from the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, in 2021, a total of 68,308 migrants stayed in reception and asylum centers. The average stay was 30 days. Each of the migrants who passed through the centers managed by the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration received...
The European Union supports Serbia in migration management
Migration management was one of the main topics of the visit of European diplomats to Vranje, Presevo and Bujanovac on Friday, December 10, 2021. Head of European Union Delegation (EU) to Serbia, Ambassador Emanuele Giaufret, together with the Ambassador of Belgium, Koen Adam, Ambassador of Austria, Nikolaus Lutterotti, Ambassador of...
Marking five years of the European Union´s Support to Serbia in Border Management
This week marks five years since the beginning of the European Union´s support to the Ministry of Interior`s Border Police Directorate in raising operational capacities. On top of that, this week also represents the five-year anniversary of the first joint deployment of Serbian patrols together with patrols comprised of police...
