STATISTICS AND HIGHLIGHTS
UNHCR and partners learned of 127 irregular arrivals: 110 from fYR Macedonia and 17 from Bulgaria.
Over the reporting period between 230 and 280 asylum seekers were waiting their admission into Hungarian “transit zones”. 115 departed by accessing Hungarian asylum procedures.
The permission for HCIT to access asylum seekers at the Hungarian border in Kelebija and Horgos remains pending the approval from the authorities.
49 (39 on 26/04 and 10 on 27/04) persons expressed intent to seek asylum, bringing the total in April 2016 to 503 and for the whole of 2016 to 2,444 (statistics courtesy of the Ministry of Interior).
SOUTH
50 refugees remain accommodated at the Reception Centre (RC) in Presevo. Five left the RC towards the North while ten arrived irregularly from fYR Macedonia. The UNICEF/DRC/CSW child friendly space/mother and baby corner hosted nine children and six women. The UNHCR-supported Public Health and the Natan/Humedica clinic treated 39 patients during the two days.
On 27 April, Minister of Labour Mr. Vulin, UNHCR and DRC inaugurated the rehabilitation of the 3rd phase of the Tobacco Factory in order to improve conditions for reception, accommodation and safety within the RC.
BELGRADE
UNHCR and partners assisted between 200 and 270 refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in the city. They were mostly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, with few from Syria. The Asylum Info Centre facilitated in various referrals, including access asylum procedures to recent irregular arrivals from fYR Macedonia and Bulgaria. UNHCR/DRC doctors treated 48 patients while MSF and Divac Foundation assisted them with food and other aid. Refugee Aid Miksaliste facilities were demolished with a 48 hours information from the authorities. Up to 90 were present at night in the parks near the bus and train station.
WEST
33 refugees remain hosted in the Refugees Aid Points (RAPs) in the West: 10 in Adasevci and 23 in Sid. One Iranian departed under the IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme while five men left towards the Hungarian border. CRS/Divac Foundation continued to provide hot lunches and OM hot tea. The BCM/Sid Health Centre at Adasevci treated two refugees and WAHA 17 in Sid.
NORTH
Between 230 and 280 asylum seekers, including many women and children, waited outside the two “transit zones” in Kelebija and Horgos border crossings or were located nearby Subotica. Some arrived from Sid/Adasevci and Presevo but many were also recent irregular arrivals from fYR Macedonia and Bulgaria.