HIGHLIGHTS
■ 54,212 refugees and migrants have crossed the border into fyR Macedonia during the reporting period 21 – 27 October with a daily average of 7,745. Since UNHCR began monitoring the departures from Gevgelija on 1 July 2015 some 420,000 refugees and migrants have departed.
Intention to apply for asylum: 182,978 applications have been filed from 19 June to 27 October 2015 (source: Ministry of Interior).
Operational Context
54,212 refugees and migrants have crossed the border into fyR Macedonia during the reporting period 21 – 27 October with a daily average of 7,745. Since UNHCR began monitoring the departures from Gevgelija on 1 July 2015 some 420,000 refugees and migrants have departed.
The Ministry of Interior’s statistics of refugees and migrants declaring their intention to apply for asylum reached 182,778 including 43,183 children, of whom 8,415 are unaccompanied since 19 June until 27 October 2015. Of these 121,849 (67%) of the arrivals are Syrians, 33,387 (18%) Afghans, 14,254 (8%) Iraqis, 4,046 (2%) Pakistanis and the remainder represent other nationalities such as Palestinians, Iranians, Somalis, Congolese and Bangladeshi. 70 applications for asylum were registered out of which 51 were submitted by Syrians in the same period while from January to end of September 1,710 asylum applications were submitted.