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Highlights
In 2022, authorities reported 129,679 new arrivals to governmental centres (compared to 60,407 in 2021). According to official statistics, arrivals from Afghanistan make up 36% of all arrivals, followed by arrivals from Syria (29%), Pakistan (12%),
Morocco (8%) and India (4%). 92% of all arrivals were men, 3% women and 5% children. 38% of all arriving children were unaccompanied/separated.
Key Figures (as at end-December 2022)
4,102 Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants counted in Serbia, of which 3,530 accommodated in governmental centres, and over 550 staying outside of governmental centres. 83 refugees from Ukraine accommodated in Vranje Asylum Centre (AC).
320 Applications for asylum in 2022
30 Positive decisions in 2022
5 Positive decisions in December 2022
238 Positive decisions since 2008
1,115 Persons fleeing Ukraine received Temporary Protection (TP) in Serbia since 24 February 2022, of which 54 in December
Access to territory, registration, personal documents and services
Activities of UNHCR and its partners aim at ensuring that refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and persons at risk of statelessness benefit from an improved and systematically implemented legal framework and can thus access rights in line with international standards, that persons in need of international protection have access to territory and asylum procedure and receive protection and assistance in safe reception conditions.
On 16 December, UNHCR donated to the Ministry of Interior computer and IT equipment that will facilitate their work on the ground and improve the procedures of registration and support to refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR also donated building material, home appliances and computers, bedlinen, mattresses and blankets to the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (SCRM), for the use in reception/asylum centres and TV sets and computers to Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs (MoLEVSA) for the use in homes for unaccompanied children in Niš and Belgrade. The value of all donations in December amounts to 155,000 USD.