Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Pakistan, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, World
STATISTICS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- UNHCR and partners learned of 294 irregular arrivals: 232 from fYR Macedonia and 62 from Bulgaria.
- On a daily basis an average of 220 asylum seekers were waiting for admission at the two border crossings with Hungary. 122 departed in the last three days by accessing Hungarian “transit zones” while Hungarian authorities returned 15 single men to Serbia.
- 178 (54 on 11/05; 30 on 10/05 and 94 on 9/05) persons expressed intent to seek asylum, bringing the total in May to 265 and for the whole of 2016 to 2,804 (statistics courtesy of the Ministry of Interior).