HIGHLIGHTS AND STATISTICS
Authorities, UNHCR, and partners encountered a stable number of around 6,400 refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants. Over 5,300 (i.e. 84%) were accommodated in thirteen governmental facilities, while the remainder were counted sleeping rough in Belgrade City centre or at the border with Hungary.
With all Asylum (AC) and Transit Centres (TC) fully occupied (see chart), the police continued to refer newly registered asylum-seekers to the Reception Centre (RC) of Presevo and Dimitrovgrad until the latter reached its capacity. Supporting access to better accommodation and services as well as the decongesting of Belgrade city centre, UNHCR and partners assisted over 60 newly registered asylum seekers with transport from Belgrade to Presevo and Dimitrovgrad RCs.
In response to winter weather, UNHCR and partners distributed over the last four days over 160 UNHCR blankets, 320 pairs of footwear, 220 winter jackets and many other clothing items for children and adults across the centres in the country.
In November, 1,503 intentions to seek asylum in Serbia were registered. 34% were made by men, 17% by women and 49% were registered for children. Most applications were made by citizens of Afghanistan (39%), Iraq (37%), Syria (12%), Pakistan (5%), Iran (3%) and other nationalities (4%). No first-instance decisions were recorded in November. Jan-Nov 2016, 74 first instance decisions were issued, including 17 persons granted subsidiary protection, 17 refugee status and 40 rejected, compared to 33 decisions (16 refugee status, 14 subsidiary protection and 3 rejections) in the same period of 2015.