The first day of the visit was reserved for work meetings held within the premises of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration as also within those of the Ministry of the Interior.  The meetings were attended by the representatives of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, headed by the Commissioner, Mr. Vladimir Cucic, the Ministry of the Interior, headed by the Head of the Border Police Directorate, Gen. Nenad Banovic, the representatives of the Federal ... more

Wednesday the 6th of March 2013 – Within the premises of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, a media conference was held signalling the commencement of the Regional Informational Campaign aimed at providing complete information concerning the possibilities of voluntary return, reintegration or local integration into Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monte Negro, Croatia and Serbia to all interested persons falling within the refugee category. The representatives of the four partner nations spoke on matter concerning the ... more

Belgrade, 26th of February 2013 - Representatives of the EU Delegation in Serbia, the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia and the International Organization for Migration in Serbia presented the results of a two-year project Capacity Building of Institutions of the Republic Of Serbia Involved in Migration Management and Reintegration of Returnees, CBMM, on the final conference entitled Improving framework for migration management in the Republic of Serbia at the National ... more

Belgrade,  February 12th 2013 - Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Displaced Persons and Refugees, Ministry of Refugees and Displaced Persons of the Republic of Srpska and Department of Displaced Persons, Refugees and Housing of Government of the Brcko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina informs all interested parties that has extended the deadline for submission of applications on the public call to refugees from ... more

On the 8th of February 2013 in the Basic Court in Negotin, court unit Kladovo first Sale contracts regarding houses built as a part of self-construction project were concluded and certified. After payment of the purchase price users of listed houses will register their ownership in the land registry and finally become the owners of the houses they have been living in for years. On the same day, representatives of Commission for solving hosing needs of ... more

On the 25th of January 2013 in Kovin within the project "Support to housing solutions for refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees in Serbia", financed by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, an agreement on cooperation in the construction of prefabricated houses for a single families of refugees and internally displaced persons who were accommodated in collective center "Omladinsko naselje Cardak i kucice" in Deliblato and temporarily are accommodated in ... more

Thursday 23th of January 2013. - Delegation of the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina met with representatives of the refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to present them Regional Housing Project of Bosnia and informed them of the terms of the Public call for applications for reconstruction of housing units in order to return to Bosnia and Herzegovina. After a constructive meeting with representatives of NGOs, a press conference ... more

On the 18th of January 2013 Lease contracts for a fixed term of 6 months were concluded with 63 users of housing units in the Municipality of Obrenovac constructed as part of the project of completed construction. On this occasion, representatives of the Housing Commission of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration visited beneficiaries and explained to them their obligations relating to the lease, and that after this deadline may, in accordance with the Law on ... more

Two children of asylum seekers, a native of Somalia, on the January 16th 2013 started the first year of affiliated class in primary school "Mile Dubljević" from Lajkovac in the village Bogovadja. Salah and Jamal are the twins, 12-year olds, who have been living in Serbia for about a year. During their stay at the asylum center in Bogovadja children have learned the Serbian language through conversations with center management, employees and also through contacts ... more

Tuesday, 25th of December 2012 - Representatives of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration and the Secretariat of Social Welfare of Belgrade presented to the children of refugees and internally displaced persons, New Year’s gifts. At a ceremony held in the hall of the Old palace, about a hundred children enjoyed a New Year’s show "The Emperor’s New Clothes" and gifts which are provided to them by the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration. ... more

Representatives of the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, municipalities of Kladovo and Raca and the city of Pancevo and the Danish Refugee Council signed a contract on construction of 38 housing units, which will solve the housing needs of 30 families of refugees and internally displaced persons accommodated in Collective Centers "Karatas" in Kladovo , "Karadjordjev dom" in Raca and "Teritorijalna odbrana" in Pancevo and 8 families of socially vulnerable local population from the territory ... more

18th December 2012 - a ceremony held at the Palace "Serbia" marked the International Day of Migrants and twentieth anniversary of the International Organization for Migration in Serbia (IOM). The event was attended by the Prime Minister of Serbia and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic, HE Ambassador Vincent Deger, Head of EU Delegation in Serbia, HE Ambassador Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Reant Held, Regional Director for Eastern, South Eastern ... more

Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia in cooperation with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), organized a two-day meeting with the municipal / city trustees for Refugees and Migration. A meeting was held between 12-14th December 2012. , at Lepenski Vir, with the aim of further introductions of officers in charge of the new legislative framework in the field of migration management, new competencies and upcoming courses of action in ... more

Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, as an institution of the Republic of Serbia authorized to accept, care and integrate asylum seekers, has received full membership in the European network of asylum reception organizations (ENARO).  ENARO network was established in 2002 and has twenty member countries, with the aim of exchanging experiences of reception of national agencies in the area. Membership in the ENARO network will enable more employees at the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration to ... more

The first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Regional Programme for refugee housing (RHP) was held on 30 November 2012. , in Paris, in the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB). The meeting was attended by all committee members - representatives of donors, partner countries, the Secretariat of the CEB and the UNHCR and the OSCE. The delegation of the Republic of Serbia was led by Commissioner for Refugees Vladimir Cucić. The meeting marks the ... more

The Commissariat for Refugees, upon cities/municipalities request, distributed throughout 2012 total of 14.022 food packages, 4.908 during February– April 2012, and 9.114 during October - November 2012, in 147 cities/municipalities.In align with adopted policies, cities/municipalities proposed and distributed food packages to socially most vulnerable refugees and internally displaced persons, in respective territories. As per cities/municipalities request, in October 2012, the Commissariat distributed to 144 cities/municipalities firewood for 2.657 families in the amount of 37.530.000 million ... more

SEMI COMPLETE AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION Тhe Housing Commission of The Commissariat for refugees, after the procedure, on November 5th began with signing of Contract of the lease for a certain period of six months, with beneficiaries of housing units, which are built on the principle of semi complete and complete construction, in accordance with a provisions of the Law on Refugees. After the expiration of six months, beneficiaries can submit a request to the Housing Commission ... more

On the 1st November 2012, in the territory of the Republic of Serbia there are 33 collective centers which accommodate 2.697 individuals. Of these 33 collective centers, 20 are in the Republic of Serbia excluding Kosovo and Metohija and accommodate 2.173 individuals and 13 are in the territory of the Kosovo and Metohija which accommodate 524 individuals. 8 collective centres were closed in 2012: C.C. "7. juli" in Zemun, C.C. "MDEKS" in Kragujevac, C.C. "Predrag Devedžić", ... more

Kraljevo, 08 November 2012 - Collective Centre in Kraljevo was finally closed, and its residents have moved into new homes in the Veterans settlement built by the European Union. The former collective centre residents welcomed the Head of the EU Delegation, Veterans settlement built by the European Union. The former collective centre residents welcomed the Head of the EU Delegation, Commissioner for Refugees and the UNHCR Representative and transferred their first impressions of life in ... more

On Wednesday the 12th of September, housing units for providing social housing in a supportive environment to refugees and internally displaced persons accommodated in collective center "Hotel Es and Remzijana,"  as also socially vulnerable local residents, were formally opened. Keys to the housing units were presented to their respective beneficiaries by  H.E. Mary Warlick Burs the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Vladimir Cucić the Commissioner for Refugees, Mr.Goran Miljkovic the Mayor of Bela ... more