Number of asylum seekers increases

75 illegal immigrants have come to Serbia since the beginning of the year.

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75 illegal immigrants have come to Serbia since the beginning of the year. Most of them are on their way to the EU member states. Number of asylum seekers increases The number of asylum seekers doubled last year comparing to 2009 and it is expected that the number will exceed 1,000 this year. There are currently 75 asylum seekers at the Asylum Center in Banja Koviljaca, which is two times more than in January of 2010. Foreigners who illegally crossed the border come looking for a temporary place to stay every day. The center can take 80 persons so there are many on waiting lists. “20 to 25 people have been interested in accommodation in the past several days. We accept them successively, when they decide whether they want to seek asylum, until somebody leaves or runs away and there is a vacancy,” said Asylum Center Director Robert Lesmajster. Majority of asylums seekers come to Serbia from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Palestine. 14 percent of the total number of emigrants are underage children without parental care. Most of them say they were forced to leave their country. Serbia is usually just a pit stop for emigrants on their way to the EU.

Number of asylum seekers increases

The number of asylum seekers doubled last year comparing to 2009 and it is expected that the number will exceed 1,000 this year.

There are currently 75 asylum seekers at the Asylum Center in Banja Koviljača, which is two times more than in January of 2010.

Foreigners who illegally crossed the border come looking for a temporary place to stay every day. The center can take 80 persons so there are many on waiting lists.

“20 to 25 people have been interested in accommodation in the past several days. We accept them successively, when they decide whether they want to seek asylum, until somebody leaves or runs away and there is a vacancy,” said Asylum Center Director Robert Lesmajster.

Majority of asylums seekers come to Serbia from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Palestine. 14 percent of the total number of emigrants are underage children without parental care. Most of them say they were forced to leave their country.

Serbia is usually just a pit stop for emigrants on their way to the EU.

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