AIDA Country Report on Serbia – Update on 2024
The updated AIDA Country Report on Serbia provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in 2024. It is accompanied by an...
BALKAN ROUTE: NGO warning about Frontex data showing major fall in irregular crossings ― Agreement on Frontex deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina ― Agreement on border control co-operation between Croatia, Italy and Slovenia ― NGO shines spotlight on EU funding for ‘assisted voluntary return’ programme in Bulgaria ― Activists accuse Bulgarian border police of ‘deliberate neglect’ in deaths of three minors ― NGO highlights EU funding for border surveillance in Serbia ― Another European court ruling against Hungary for unlawful detention of people seeking asylum
The Italian Consortium of Solidarity has called for ‘careful’ reading of new data from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) that shows a significant decrease in the number of irregular crossings on the Western Balkan route in 2024. The EU and Bosnia...
BALKAN ROUTE: Significant decrease in irregular border crossings via Balkan route ― Croatian border police accused of pushbacks and burning people’s belongings ― ECRE member organisation calls for re-opening of reception centres in Serbia ― Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia criticise EU asylum and migration policies; call for more ‘regional co-operation’ ― ECRE member organisation wins human rights award
The number of irregular border crossings into the EU via the Balkan route decreased significantly in the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. An NGO has accused the Croatian border police of burning the personal belongings of people who have...