HIGHLIGHTS AND STATISTICS
Of the 4,900 new refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, encountered by UNHCR and partners, 86% (or 4,234) were accommodated in governmental facilities, including 1,606 in the five Asylum Centres and 2,628 in Refugee Aid Points/Reception Centre. The rest were counted at the border with Hungary and in Belgrade city.
The number of asylum seekers camping in the open on Serbian soil waiting to be admitted into Hungarian “transit zones” stayed below 200. Asylum-seekers now arrive to the border sites from other facilities a few days before their admission to Hungary is scheduled.
To strongly and comprehensively support the “Response Plan for an Increased Number of Migrants on the Territory of the Republic of Serbia for the period October 2016 – March 2017“, UNHCR convened an extraordinary meeting of the UN Country Team’s Refugee Task Group. Consequently, the next meeting of the Refugee Protection Working Group, on Tuesday in Belgrade, will also be completely devoted to supporting a well-coordinated implementation of all sectors of the Plan in line with the Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) and other applicable coordination structures.
104 persons expressed their intent to seek asylum in Serbia over the last three days, bringing the total for September to 682 and the whole year to 8,753.