Vladimir Cucic

Amid silence from other state officials, Serbia's Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, Vladimir Cucic, said a rally held against migrants in Belgrade on Sunday was "a great shame and a disgrace".

Europe's Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and Serbia's Interior Minister, Nebojsa Stefanovic, on Thursday initialed an agreement on cooperation between Serbia and Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

Serbian police on Tuesday evening removed around 150 refugees, mostly from the Middle East, who were protesting on the border with Croatia demanding to be allowed into Croatia on their way to Western Europe, regional N1 media hub reported on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The migrant crisis, which saw around a million people pass through Serbia, posed new challenges for local communities and self-government authorities - the citizens demonstrated humaneness and the authorities became aware of the significance of improving resilience to various crises and ensuring the necessary infrastructure, a panel was told Friday.

BELGRADE - There are over 6,000 new refugees and migrants in Serbia but only 120 want to stay in the country, says Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations Vladimir Cucic.

"For those who do not want to stay, Serbia is a huge waiting room where nearly all doors are shut or there is a threat they will become completely shut," Cucic told the N1.

At least 60 refugees will be transported this week out of a centre in Sid, near the Croatian border, after locals petitioned for their removal, complaining that they were a safety risk. 

Hundreds of refugees have been already transported from the centre, Serbia's State Commissioner for Refugees, Vladimir Cucic told BIRN.

BELGRADE - Serbia is not a transit route used by terrorists to get to Western Europe - 70 percent of migrants passing through Serbia are Afghans and Pakistanis, while the number of Syrians and Iraqis is minor, and there are no refugees for Mosul, says Serbia's Commissioner for Refugees and Migration Vladimir Cucic.

Serbian Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations Vladimir Cucic says there are currently 5,200 people accommodated in the migrant camps in this country.

About 1,300 more are currently "staying in parks," he said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in chareg of EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic and Council of Europe Development Bank official Stephan Sellen signed on Tuesday an donation agreement worth EUR 26.7 million that will help provide housing for 1,585 of the poorest refugee families.

PANCEVO - The head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport, the Serbian Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations Vladimir Cucic and Pancevo mayor Pavle Radanov on Wednesday visited the collective refugee centre in the city and a site where social housing units will be built for refugees and displaced persons.