During 2018, 8,436 persons expressed intention to seek asylum and to submit an asylum application in the Republic of Serbia. This represents an increase relative to 2017 when 6,199 persons intending to seek asylum were registered in the same period. Of the number of persons who expressed intention to seek asylum and to submit an […]

According to the UNHCR estimates, the number of refugees and migrants in Serbia remained unchanged during January and amounted to 4,510 persons of concern, of which around 4,212 were located in state asylum centres and reception centres by the end of the month. Most of the refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants were accommodated in the reception […]

The General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted the Global Compact on Refugees, after 18 months of intensive consultations between member states, experts, civil society and refugees. Adoption of the Compact is foreseen by the New York Declaration of 2016, and its main goal is to improve the management of refugee crises, at the […]

According to the UNHCR estimates, the number of refugees and migrants in Serbia remained unchanged during November and amounted to about 4,000 persons of concern, of which around 3,700 were located in state asylum centres and reception centres by the end of the month. Most of the refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants were accommodated in the […]

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) held its annual general conference in Belgrade November 6-9, 2018, alongside the Europe NGO Consultation of UNHCR. ECRE network currently numbers 101 members from all over Europe and the Conference was attended by over 200 participants. During the conference participants had a chance to analyse the current […]

With the support of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights started an educational program for persons who were granted refugee status in Serbia on Serbian culture, history and constitutional order. The program is envisaged by the Decree on the manner of inclusion in the […]

According to the UNHCR estimates, the number of refugees and migrants in Serbia remained unchanged during October and amounted to about 3,800 persons of concern, of which around 3,500 were located in state asylum centers and reception centers by the end of the month. Most of the refugees and migrants were accommodated in the reception […]

In May 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights gave an advisory opinion on the diplomatic asylum institute, as a human right, in the inter-American human rights system. Advisory opinion was given at the request of Ecuador. The Court interpreted the protection envisaged by Article 7 of the American Convention on Human Rights and Article […]