Ivanisevic: 6,000-7,000 migrants in Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbia does not want to change its current policy towards migrants and it will continue to help people in distress - currently, there are 6,000-7,000 migrants in our country, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labor Nenad Ivanisevic said Tuesday.

At the regional conference "Migration, Displacement and Community Resilience", organized by the UNDP European office, Ivanisevic underlined that the Balkan route is not closed and that currently there are 6,000-7,000 migrants in Serbia, mainly from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Morocco.

Ivanisevic thanked the UNDP for the help provided to municipalities and cities affected by the migrant crisis.

The regional conference brought together representatives of local authorities from Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Greek and Turkish municipalities with large numbers of migrants and refugees to improve coordination...