HIGHLIGHTS AND STATISTICS
Of the 4,700 new refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Serbia, 86% were accommodated in governmental facilities, including 1,523 in the five Asylum Centres and 2,502 in Refugee Aid Points/Reception Centre. The rest were counted at the border with Hungary and in Belgrade city.
As the number of asylum seekers camping in the open on Serbian soil waiting to be admitted into Hungarian “transit zones” continued to drop, now at some 230 (less than ¼ of its peak of 1,000 in July), at the same time, increased numbers are accommodated in government facilities.
On 06 September, the 11th Partners’ Briefing in Belgrade took place, with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs, UNHCR and the UN Resident Coordinator, informed some 60 representatives of the diplomatic corps, donors and NGOs on recent developments, as well as current opportunities and challenges in the refugee/migration situation and the respective UN Country Team response.
Three Afghan refugees departed Serbia after having been accepted for resettlement in Norway.
124 persons expressed their intent to seek asylum in Serbia, bringing the total for month of September to 328 and the whole year to 8,399.