Balkan route closed - migrants continue arriving in Belgrade
More than 100 new refugees arrived in Belgrade during the night, 90 percent of them families from Syria, Info Park for refugees said on Monday.
Monday, 09.05.2016.
17:11
Balkan route closed - migrants continue arriving in Belgrade
Most are families from Syria, and the rest are Kurds from Iraq, as well as Afghanis. All have entered Serbia from Macedonia.This is only one of the new, large groups of refugees that have continued to arrive in recent weeks from the eastern and southern borders of Serbia. According to Info Park estimates, there are between 300 and 500 refugees in Belgrade at any one time - at least half of whom newcomers, while a number of migrants from Afghanistan, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan and African countries have been forced to stay longer in the capital looking for ways to continue their journey illegally.
Info Park also stated that the families that arrived during the night were "in a terrible condition - children without shoes, some only in their underwear wrapped in blankets, grown-ups wearing completely wet clothing and footwear." For that reason Info Park obtained clothes and shoes for those most in need from the storage of the recently closed Miksaliste.
"Due to a large number of hungry people we distributed nearly 500 packages of instant soup, over 200 cups of coffee and hundreds of cups of tea. Colleagues from the Refugee Aid Miksaliste distributed shoes, clothes, hygiene kits, and 84 packets of dry food in the afternoon hours," the network set up to help refugees in Serbia said.
They point out that in the evening, Refugee Aid Serbia (RAS) distributed 180 hot meals, reaching a total of 660 food packages given to migrants during the previous day in the park at the arrival terminal of Belgrade's main bus station.
By the end of the day a large number of people left the park, most heading toward Subotica. More refugees than in recent days went to the asylum camp in Krnjaca, where close to 200 persons stayed last night. Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia employees, who are on duty in the park near the Bristol Hotel, told Info Park that if this trend continues, they are considering adding one more free bus to Krnjaca, alongside the ones departing at 15:00 and 19:00 CET.
Info Park is a joint project of B92 Fund and the Trag Foundation that has been for nine months - under the auspices of the International Refugee Committee (IRC) - providing refugees in transit through Belgrade with every type of humanitarian aid, food, clothing and essential information related to the stay of refugees in Serbia. More information about Info Park as ways to help can be found here.
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