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Migrants Protect Physical and Mental Health by Making Masks
At the time when there were queues in front of pharmacies, with people waiting to see whether they were fortunate enough to buy no more than ten surgical masks – because most of the local production output and imports were going to hospitals and COVID-19 infirmaries – at the Asylum...
Three brochures on the education of migrant children in Serbia
By engaging educational institutions in Serbia, as of 2015/16 school year, 98 percent of children from the migrant population are included in the education system. For this school year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development has prepared three brochures on the education of migrant children in Serbia: a...
Vaccination of migrants against the COVID-19 virus continued
A new round of immunization among migrants has begun. In mid-August, a total of ten migrants were vaccinated in the doctor's office of the Asylum Center in Obrenovac. Vaccination will continue in the next period, depending on the interest, in the reception centers of Adasevci, Sid Stanica and Principovac. The...
Language classes help young refugees in Serbia integrate more easily
For Firash, 17, and Asadi, 18, who fled Afghanistan more than a year ago, learning Serbian is more than mastering a new language. It’s a gateway to understanding the country’s culture and customs. The more they learn, the more they integrate and the greater their sense of belonging. “This course...
Carpentry – Fun and Useful Workshop for Migrants in the Obrenovac Reception Center
The three men are a strange combination – one that could only be concocted and orchestrated by life – to bring together three young men whose paths would have otherwise never crossed. Azar Khan is from Pakistan, Bilal is a Kurd from the Syrian city of Qamishli, and Mohamed is...
First ecological park opened in Vranje
The first ecological park was ceremoniously opened today in the yard of the "Čarolija" kindergarten in Vranje, thanks to the initiative of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (KIRS) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). So far, 15 children from the migrant population accommodated in the Vranje Reception Center...
COVID-19 Has Also Been a Great Challenge for People on the Migration Route
Unlike younger men from Arab, Asian and certain African countries – whose presence in Serbia stopped being surprising years ago, as one can see them on the streets in big cities, along roads and in villages close to the state border – it is uncommon to come across migrant families....
Commissioner Johansson Visits the Obrenovac Reception Center for Migrants and Border with Bulgaria
During a two-day visit to Serbia, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson visited the Reception Center in Obrenovac, recently renovated under the EU Support to Migration Management in Serbia. Accompanied by EU Ambassador to Serbia Sem Fabrizi, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration Vladimir Cucić, State Secretary of the Ministry...
An agreement signed for the continuation of EU Support to Migration Management in Serbia
The Commissioner of the European Union for Internal Affairs and Migration, Ylva Johansson, attended today the signing of the Agreement on the continuation of the EU Support to Migration Management in Serbia. The agreement was signed by the Minister for European Integration in the Government of the Republic of Serbia,...
Migrants are provided with complete health care
The migrant population has been continuously provided with all health services at all three levels of health care - primary, secondary, and tertiary. Medical teams engaged in outpatient clinics at reception centers and asylum centers provide daily health services at the primary level of health care. In addition to health...
