Serbian police have discovered two irregular migrant camps near Subotica, at the northern border with Hungary, according to Serbia's interior ministry. According to the NGO Asylum Protection Center, some 3,000 refugees are currently located along this border.
Serbian police said they have found a cache of weapons and detained 85 migrants near the country’s northern border with Hungary. The raids took place on Thursday, July 14.
A shootout between migrant groups near the Serbia-Hungary border has left one person dead and at least six others injured. The clash involved Afghan and Pakistani migrant smugglers, local media reported.
The Serbian authorities reported in late June that there were just over 7,000 refugees in the country, a 55% increase over the same period of the previous year, mostly due to the war in Ukraine.
Bangladeshi migrant B. Khandakar traveled to Europe to find work and support his family. What he found instead was misery, debt and a tragic death.
Asylum seekers continue to be deported under what one politician in the German state of Saxony says is an inhumane law. Frank Richter believes letting them stay would help both the migrants and the local economy.
The Kikinda camp in Serbia is home to around 550 migrants, including around 100 from India. One of them is Kumar, who cooks Biryani for his fellow South Asians.
Hasib Qarizada was a self-financed student from Afghanistan who had an established life in Budapest. After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, he filed an asylum application. What happened after is a stark example of Hungary's anti-migrant policies.
A Russian couple in Serbia has opened their hotel to dozens of Ukrainians fleeing the war. They say the refugees are welcome to stay free of charge for as long as they need.
The warm welcome extended to Ukrainian refugees by EU countries that otherwise take a strict anti-immigrant stance has highlighted the stark differences in the treatment of people from Ukraine and those from non-European war zones. In Hungary the contrast is especially apparent, as the example of an Afghan student shows.
Some Indian migrants have been trying to enter the European Union irregularly from Serbia and Bosnia. Many are waiting at camps to cross EU borders.
As the number of people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches the one million mark, more and more European countries have offered to take in refugees. Among them are Hungary and Greece, which are otherwise known for their tough stance on migration.