HIGHLIGHTS
■ 51,055 refugees and migrants have crossed the border into fyR Macedonia during the reporting period 28 October - 03 November with a daily average of 7,294. Since UNHCR began monitoring the departures from Gevgelija on 1 July 2015 some 470,000 refugees and migrants have departed.
Operational Context
51,055 refugees and migrants have crossed the border into fyR Macedonia during the reporting period 28 October - 03 November with a daily average of 7,294. Since UNHCR began monitoring the departures from Gevgelija on 1 July 2015 some 470,000 refugees and migrants have departed.
The Ministry of Interior’s statistics of refugees and migrants declaring their intention to apply for asylum reached 207,905 including 51,097 (25%) children, of whom 9,883 (5%) are unaccompanied since 19 June until 03 November 2015. Of these 134,363 (64%) of the arrivals are Syrians, 42,348 (20%) Afghans, 16,022 (8%) Iraqis, 4,390 (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 October 1,739 asylum applications were submitted.