Support from a compatriot makes it easier for an Iraqi asylum-seeker to integrate into his new environment in Serbia
Twenty refugees and asylum-seekers from all over the world volunteered to distribute water to the runners in 36th Belgrade Marathon on 23 April. All of them were all special in their own way. But one of them was more special than others. Meet Diar – he believes...
A refugee in service of refugees
Yuliya decided to come to Serbia because she was convinced it would be easier for her to integrate because of the similar culture and religion. She was right. Yuliya, a 31-year-old mother of a 7-year-old boy from Ukraine, is currently staying at Asylum Center in...
More than employment – building a new life and a better society
Picture this: you have left everything behind. You are fleeing your home, and the only certainty is that you are escaping conflict and persecution, looking for a safe haven. For many of us, it is for sure difficult to even conceive this kind of situation. Refugees are...
Delicacy Monday – Food, Dance and Safe place – for Everyone
May, warm yet pleasant weather. Pots full of food – chopped, fried, cooked and stirred with love by the students from the Hospitality and Tourism School and young refugees from Iraq and Burundi, Karoh and Lorraine, are being served into the KC Grad on the Sava...
Goodwill ambassador MIYAVI visits Serbia
By: Mirjana Milenkovski, Belgrade, Serbia “I know you! I saw you in Lebanon!!” exclaimed a little Syrian refugee boy who arrived in Serbia a couple of months ago with his parents and siblings. As life has a way of arranging it, MIYAVI and given a concert in a refugee...
Yonas Kinde promulgates refugee power at the Belgrade Marathon
By Dragan Vukotic Running has always had a special place in the life of Yonas Kinde, Olympic marathoner and a former refugee. It had helped him to be always on time for school during his childhood years in Ethiopia and has been helping him ever since not to be late...
Welcome to My Country
Refugees in the eyes of secondary school students in Serbia “I look into the eyes of this tiny refugee boy who does not understand what I am saying. I am afraid they will never feel safety and warmth of a home. But they have seen the horrors beyond my imagination.. I...
Information sessions help LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers find their footing in Serbia
The pride parade filled the streets of Belgrade with colours and music. Starting from Manjež park, people paraded around the city centre cheering and singing in unison. Among the cheerful crowd came Karim*, along with a few other asylum-seekers residing in Belgrade....
Serbian human rights lawyer fights for the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers
UNHCR has named Nikola Kovačević the UNHCR Regional Nansen Refugee Award winner for Europe for his dedication to providing legal assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers in Serbia. Nikola Kovačević starts his workday as a lawyer not in a suit, but in a T-shirt and...