• [Google translate]

    RFE / RL: The Ministry of Defense is buying razor wire to fence the centers for migrants

    The Ministry of Defense of Serbia is buying almost 2.5 tons of razor wire for fencing the reception centers for the accommodation of migrants and the centers for the accommodation of asylum seekers, it is stated in the published public procurement invitation.

    According to the documentation published by the Ministry of Defense on May 15, in addition to the 700-millimeter-thick razor wire, 1,521 meters of ribbed iron in 20-millimeter-thick bars and 50 kilograms of galvanized binding wire are also subject to public procurement.

    The military post office in Kraljevo is listed as the ordering party, and the procurement is being conducted as a negotiated procedure.

    Radio Free Europe has so far not received an answer from the Ministry of Defense to the question why the razor wire is placed around the centers and exactly which centers will be fenced.

    As it is stated, due to “exceptional urgency caused by extraordinary circumstances or unforeseen events, the occurrence of which in no case depends on the will of the ordering party, the ordering party could not act within the deadlines set for open or restrictive procedure”.

    It is also added that the Army received a task that it does not normally perform in peace, and it refers to the provision of Reception Centers and Centers for Asylum of Migrants on the territory of Serbia “and according to the mentioned fact 2020”.

    The deadline for submitting the bid is, as it is pointed out, May 21.

    The documentation also states that the bidder is obliged to offer a warranty period of at least 12 months.

    The director of the Center for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers, Rados Djurovic, says for RFE that it is unclear why the Serbian Army is engaged in providing asylum centers and reception centers for migrants, because it does not have the authority to do so.

    http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a601522/RSE-Ministarstvo-odbrane-kupuje-zilet-zicu-za-ogradjivanje-centara-za-mig

    #Covid-19 #Migration #Migrant #Balkans #Serbie #Mur #Camp

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    NGO: What is the reason for the army in the migrant camps, there were no incidents

    Women in Black, A11 - The Initiative for Economic and Social Rights and Info Park today strongly condemned the engagement of the Serbian Army in the refugee centers in Sid, Principovac and Adasevci.

    “We believe that there are no reasons for such a thing and that by sending members of the Ministry of Defense, they will further militarize the refugee tragedy in Serbia,” the statement reads.

    These non-governmental organizations estimate that bringing the Serbian Army to refugee centers in western Serbia encourages a climate of racism and fascist attacks frequent even before the introduction of the state of emergency, which culminated in the recent attack in Obrenovac during this period.

    With the introduction of the state of emergency on March 15, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers were deprived of basic human rights in reception centers and asylum centers, all in the name of alleged protection from the kovida-19 epidemic, the statement said. The arrival in Sid and the appearances of the Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vulin and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army, Petar Cvetković, as well as the presence of the Chief of the Military Police Directorate, General Rajko Milovanović, on May 17, only raised the already high degree of militarization of state bodies. an atmosphere of “finding the culprit”.

    The reference of the Minister and the General to the orders from the “Supreme Commander of the Serbian Army, Aleksandar Vučić”, after the lifting of the state of emergency, shows that it is, in fact, still in force. As it is stated, it is not at all clear what is the reason for the explanation of the Ministry of Defense that the army was engaged in the migrant camp to ’help the police’, because since the lifting of the state of emergency, the police have not identified any incidents caused by migrants.

    It was said that these highest security measures were introduced as a kind of prevention, and in order to make the citizens of Shida, but also the residents of the migrant camp, feel safer.

    The manifestation of such a high, and obviously unnecessary level of state power, can only increase the feeling of threat and danger among the citizens of Shida and among migrants and refugees who are “secured” in such a way, the Women in Black, A11 - Initiative for Economic and Social Rights and Info Park.

    http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a601102/NVO-Sta-je-povod-za-vojsku-u-migrantskim-kampovima-nije-bilo-incidenata.h

    #Covid-19 #Migration #Migrant #Balkans #Bosnie-Herzégovine #Manifestation

  • Commissariat: Hysterical anti-immigrant campaign led to incident in Obrenovac

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    Komesarijat: Histerična antimigrantska kampanja dovela do incidenta u Obrenovcu

    Komesarijat za izbeglice i migracije je najoštrije osudio upad automobilom u punoj brzini u Prihvatni centar za migrante u Obrenovcu.

    Kako upozoravaju iz Komesarijata, ovaj incident opominje da je krajnje vreme da se prestane sa verbalnim, a sada i fizičkim napadima na migrante, kao i da se zaustavi histerična kampanja prema njima na društvenim mrežama koja je, po njihovim rečima, dovela do ovog incidenta.

    „Komesarijat podseća da svi migranti u Srbiji, koji su od uvođenja vanrednog stanja izolovani u centrima, žele samo jedno, a to je da što pre napuste Srbiju. Apsurdno je da to isto žele i oni koji ih svakodnevno napadaju na društvenim mrežama“, navodi se.

    Dodaju da je zbog pandemije nastavak puta migranata ka Zapadnoj Evropi privremeno onemogućen, kao i da je karantin ispunio svoj cilj jer niko od migranata nije zaražen koronavirusom, a prihvatni centri su zdravstveno bezbedni jedino u Srbiji.

    „Srbija je dobra zemlja dobrih ljudi, koja je uspela, kao malo ko u okruženju i šire, da spreči da se opasan virus raširi i među ovom populacijom. Komesarijat se zahvaljuje Ministarstvu odbrane, Ministarstvu unutrašnjih poslova, Ministarstvu zdravlja, svim lokalnim samoupravama i partnerima koji su nam pomagali da ovaj težak zadatak uspešno obavimo“, istakli su u saopštenju.

    Iz Komesarijata su zaključili da očekuju da se konačno prestane sa antiimigrantskom kampanjom i da Srbija nastavi da pokazuje svoje pravo lice, kakvo je oduvek imala.

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    Commissariat: Hysterical anti-immigrant campaign led to incident in Obrenovac

    The Commissariat for Refugees and Migration most strongly condemned the intrusion of a car at full speed into the Migration Reception Center in Obrenovac.

    According to the Commissariat, this incident warns that it is high time to stop the verbal and now physical attacks on migrants, as well as to stop the hysterical campaign against them on the social networks that, in their words, led to this incident.

    "The Commissariat reminds that all migrants in Serbia, who have been isolated from the centers since the introduction of the state of emergency, want only one thing, which is to leave Serbia as soon as possible. It is absurd that those who attack them on social networks on a daily basis also want it, "it said.

    They added that because of the pandemic, the continuation of the migrants’ journey to Western Europe was temporarily hindered, and that quarantine fulfilled its goal because none of the migrants were infected with the coronavirus, and the reception centers were only safe in Serbia.

    "Serbia is a good country of good people, who has succeeded, as few in the environment and beyond, in preventing a dangerous virus from spreading among this population. The Commissariat is grateful to the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Health, all local governments and partners for helping us successfully accomplish this difficult task, "they said.

    The Commissariat has concluded that they expect the anti-immigrant campaign to finally cease and that Serbia continues to show its true face, as it has always been.

    http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a596901/Komesarijat-Histericna-antimigrantska-kampanja-dovela-do-incidenta-u-Obre

    #Covid-19 #Migration #Migrant #Serbie #Xenophobie #Incident #Obrenovac

  • A la frontière serbo-hongroise... on emprisonne les réfugiés qui tentent de la passer... et sur lesquels les gardes-frontières avaient tiré...

    Refugees who were shot at by Hungarian police last week as they tried to cross the Hungarian border were convicted this Friday, 07.02.2020 (https://hungarytoday.hu/migrants-roszke-sentence-court). Four refugees, two Syrians and two Palestinians, were arrested last week while attempting to cross the #Reska border crossing. They were sentenced to one year in prison. A fifth man, who crossed the border independently, was sentenced to ten months in prison and expelled from the country for four years. On Thursday, some 300 refugees gathered in the cross-zone near the #Kelebija border crossing (https://www.blic.rs/vesti/drustvo/dosta-nam-je-svega-hocemo-u-madjarsku-oko-300-migranata-okupilo-se-u-meduzoni/m5qwk1p), protesting peacefully and seeking entry to Hungary. The next day, refugees were taken from Kelebija to reception centres in Serbia and the border crossing was reopened. (http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a567286/Migranti-sa-Kelebije-prebaceni-u-prihvatne-centre-otvoren-granicni-prelaz)

    #Hongrie #asile #migrations #réfugiés #frontières #criminalisation #arrestation #fermeture_des_frontières #Serbie #ouverture_des_frontières #résistance #protestation

    Reçu via la mailing-list Inicijativa Dobrodosli, mail du 11.02.2020

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    Pour rappel...

    Hongrie : des #tirs de sommation pour dissuader des dizaines de migrants à la frontière avec la #Serbie
    https://seenthis.net/messages/823626

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