We continuously monitor the state of affairs both in the countries where the asylum-seekers come from and in Serbia. All of our findings and reports are available at the Centre’s webpage at www.azil.rs
As a partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has, since 2012, provided asylum-seekers in Serbia with free legal aid: they are explained their rights and obligations and represented before the proper authorities in Serbia and the European Court of Human Rights.
Transcending the Borders
In June 2017, a special festival which erases borders among the local and refugee population took place in 12 European cities. The festival in question is the Refugee Food Festival, which was organised by Food Sweet Food and UNHCR. Restaurants in Rome, Amsterdam, Lyon, Marseilles, Brussels, Bordeaux, Lille, Athens, Florence, Madrid, Milano, and Bari opened […]
Refugee Situation in Serbia in June 2017
According to UNHCR data, at the end of June there were 5,895 persons likely in need of international protection in Serbia. More than 94% of these persons were accommodated in one of 18 governmental centres. Vast majority of persons accommodated in these centres during June were from so-called refugee producing countries – Afghanistan, Iraq and […]
A Day in the Life of a Child Refugee in Belgrade
Eleven-year-old Abuzar from Baghlan province in Afghanistan traveled on his own to Serbia. This is his story. „I am waiting to play the ‘game’, to cross this last border to Europe,“ said 11-year-old Abuzar with a resolute calmness, despite being on his own. Amid scores of men gathered around a fire to survive the […]
World Refugee Day, 20 June
Throughout the world, 20 of June is a day that marks the strength, courage and perseverance of some 21.3 million refugees, almost half of whom are children. On this day every year attention is focused on the position of refugees and displaced persons around the world, on the reasons for which they leave their countries […]
Two Years, Two Months, Two Weeks and Two Days
Towns of Kefraya and al-Fu’ah are located in the Northeastern Syria in the Idlib Governorate. According to the 2004 census, population of Kefraya was around 4,500, whereas al-Fu’ah had 10,000 inhabitants. However, population of these towns rose to 20,000 since the beginning of the conflict. The distance between Kefraya and al-Fu’ah, both Shia, is around […]
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New Reports
The Belgrade Center for Human Rights team has compiled a report on the right to asylum in the Republic of Serbia, covering the period from January to end June 2023 which analyses the treatment of the asylum seekers and refugees, based on information the BCHR team obtained during their legal representation in the asylum procedure […]
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has the pleasure to present its annual report Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia 2022. UNHCR data show that the number of people who had to flee armed conflict, persecution or natural disasters caused by climate change has reached 103 million for the first time on record. […]
16.08.2022. This Report analyses the treatment of the asylum seekers and refugees in Serbia in the first six months of 2022, based on information the BCHR team obtained during their legal representation in the asylum procedure and provision of support in their integration, and during its field work. The Report also comprises data the BCHR […]
The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights presented its annual report Right to Asylum in the Republic of Serbia in the Belgrade Media Center on Wednesday, 23 February 2022. The Report editor Ana Trifunović said that the data of the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration showed that over 60,000 people resided in Serbian asylum and […]
Recommended reports
The document „Complementary Forms of International Protection in the Republic of Serbia“ aims to promote the alternative legal and administrative regulation of statuses in the field of migration and humanitarian protection. The document offers recommendations for changes to relevant laws in this area. Regarding complementary forms of protection, positive laws of the Republic of Serbia […]
This is the first BRMC Regional Policy Paper. Its main purpose is to present to the general and professional public, as well as to stakeholders, the migration situation in the Western Balkans region, particularly through the overview of the relevant regulations mainly focused on the various modalities for the return of migrants. Unlike most regional […]
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the International Rescue Commitee published a report on the access to asylum procedure in Serbia which also includes the analysis of the reception conditions. The report outlines the situation following the adoption of new legislation on asylum and foreigners and gives a set of recommendations to the Government on […]
This Programme Report on the impact of the borders closures on people on the move, with a focus on Women and Children in Serbia and Macedonia, provides an analysis of the protection concerns that people on the move, especially women and children, face in Macedonia and Serbia following the closure of the Balkan route and […]
As a partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has, since 2012, provided asylum-seekers in Serbia with free legal aid: they are explained their rights and obligations and represented before the proper authorities in Serbia and the European Court of Human Rights.
We continuously monitor the state of affairs both in the countries where the asylum-seekers come from and in Serbia. All of our findings and reports are available at the Centre’s webpage at www.azil.rs
