Quelle: Are You Syrious
Number of refugees arriving to Serbia increases every day. All of them are passing through the Balkan Route, being exploited by smugglers, forced to hide from the police, humiliated, but full of hope to reach their final destination. Along the way they are met with many volunteers who are doing their best, despite numerous obstacles, to help those who are in need. Serbia is not final destination for most of the refugees, but facing closed borders they are forced to wait. AYS volunteers team gathered information about situation in Serbia, pointing towards some of the most urgent issues and problems refugees but also volunteers are facing daily.
By the end of July, there have been roughly 3500 refugees in #Serbia. Out of this number, 300–700 remained in the parks of Belgrade, the majority were single men from #Afghanistan, #Bangladesh, #Iran, #Iraq and #Pakistan. They fork out thousands of dollars/euros to unscrupulous smugglers, only to put themselves at risk of being abused at the hands of security forces and pushed back down the route. One of them, 18 years old Sajad (who is now waiting in Horgoš to cross the border) paid 2000 Euros from Athens to Belgrade.
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