2,055 asylum requests registered in Serbia

A total of 2,055 people requested asylum in Serbia in the first three months of 2014, and most of them - 947 - were Syrians.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 22.04.2014.

17:03

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2,055 asylum requests registered in Serbia

"The fact is that the number of the people who are coming is rising. In the three months since the start of this year, 2,055 people sought asylum in Serbia, which is equivalent to one third of the total number of asylum seekers last year," Đurović told a conference on the crisis affecting the asylum system.

If the trend continues, around 6,000 people will reach Serbia by September, surpassing last year's total, he said, adding that most of the asylum seekers came from Syria (947), Afghanistan (250), Eritrea (237), Mali (83), Somalia (82) and Sudan (70).

Measures have been taken to boost the accommodation capacities for asylum seekers from 250 to 500, but that is insufficient, he warned.

Regardless of the number of people entering the asylum procedure, Serbia will have accommodation problems sooner or later if they do not exit the procedure, Đurović said.

"Out of the 5,065 applicants last year, only four have been granted asylum. Out of the 2,055 people this year, none were granted protection, which clearly indicates that the system is not functioning," Đurović said.

He cited the example of people who fled Syria last year due to racial and religious persecution and even entered Serbia legally, but were not granted refugee status or provided shelter.

"The asylum act that is under preparation must be passed as soon as possible, preferably in the first half of this year, so that we can respond to the challenges that we will face in the autumn and at the end of the year," Đurović said.

The law must not be restrictive, but a progressive one, he said.

The past two or three years have seen the emergence of a noticeable new trend of members of the migrant population being identified as victims of human trafficking, said Jelena Hrnjak, a representative of the NGO Atina.

"Trafficking of people who come from the migrant population is increasingly identifiable," Hrnjak said.

As early as in 2011, the first cases of migrant children without parental escort were registered as coming from Afghanistan, while in 2013, civil society organizations reported several cases of suspected human trafficking.

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