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UNHCR Serbia Update, 26 June - 2 July 2017

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HIGHLIGHTS AND STATISTICS

  • On 02 July, the overall number of new refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants counted in Serbia stood at 5,895. 94% were accommodated in 18 governmental centres (below chart refers).

  • At end-June, some 80% of residents in governmental centres were from so-called refugee-producing countries: Afghanistan (62%), Iraq (13%) and Syria (5%). 12% were from Pakistan and 8% from other countries. 40% were children, 12% adult women and 48% adult men.

  • Some centres, especially the Transit Centres (TC) in Adasevci, Principovac and Sombor remained overcrowded, where some 200 refugees and migrants, including families and unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), were accommodated in temporary emergency shelters of rub halls or tents.

  • On 28 June the authorities transferred 59 men and boys, mostly from Afghanistan, who were sleeping rough in/near Sid, to the Presevo Reception Centre (RC).

  • UNHCR and partners received testimonies of 61 collective expulsions from Croatia, with many alleging to have been denied access to asylum procedures there, while 89 were received from Hungary, including allegations of mis-treatment by Hungarian authorities.

  • In June, 329 refugees/migrants registered an intention to seek asylum in Serbia