Marica Cugalj fled with her husband from Croatia in 1995 and, since then, they have been living in the Srem village of Pecinci. Now a three-member family – they have a 14-year-old daughter – they were lucky, she says, because herself and her husband always had work. He works as a repairman and she works in the local shop. After more than 20 years of moving from one rented accommodation to another, they have now settled in…

On 29 March, in the Belgrade City Assembly, 49 refugee families from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia were awarded contracts for the delivery of prefabricated houses on the territory of the City of Belgrade.

The contracts were handed over by the First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and the Mayor of Belgrade Sinisa Mali. The 49 housing solutions are part of the SRB3 sub-project, which is implemented solely on the territory of City of Belgrade and…

On 17 March, the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia hosted an event to mark the start of construction on a multi-apartment building which will provide housing for 40 refugee families. The total project cost is estimated at EUR 700 000, and the works should be finalised within a year.

Sremska Mitrovica is one of the nine municipalities participating in the implementation of SRB2 sub-project. In the other eight municipalities – Krusevac,…

EU Ambassador to Serbia Michael Davenport and Serbian Commissioner for Refugees Vladimir Cucic gave an interview to the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik. You can read here the integral interview in English.

MICHAEL DAVENPORT, HEAD OF EU DELEGATION TO SERBIA

Could you tell us something about the assistance that EU provides to the refugees and migrants on the territory of Serbia?

The European Union has been Serbia’s main partner in solving the problems of refugees and…