UNHCR Serbia Update, 10 - 16 July 2017
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HIGHLIGHTS AND STATISTICS
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On 16 July, 5,417 new refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants were counted in Serbia.
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5,054, i.e. 93%, were accommodated in 18 governmental centres, which provide over 5,900 hard-shelter places (below chart refers). As Reception Centres (RC) in the South and East remain under-occupied, some 200 refugees and migrants - including families and unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) - complained about hot and unhygienic temporary emergency shelter in rub halls or tents in the Transit Centres (TC) in Adasevci, Principovac or Sombor.
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UNHCR and partners received testimonies of 146 collective expulsions from Croatia, with many alleging to have been denied access to asylum procedures there, while 44 were recorded regarding Hungary.
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UNHCR, UNICEF and the IRC issued a Roadmap for action to improve the situation of refugee and migrant children arriving and staying in Europe without their parents or care givers.
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01-16 July, 146 refugees/migrants registered intention to seek asylum in Serbia.