Recalling their own war, Belgraders embrace Syrian refugees - Business Insider
Nela Milic : In Serbia, what you hear about is the state response to the crisis that would be dealt with in the same way for their own people - with the use of force. Regular people respond differently:
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Belgrade (AFP) - Gordan Paunovic couldn’t sleep the night after he met a Syrian refugee family in a Belgrade park, where hundreds of migrants pause for a rest before continuing their journey towards EU.
“I wondered all night if I should have invited some of them into my home, to offer them a shower and to spend at least one night in a bed,” he recalls.
The next day he and his wife Susanne Simon-Paunovic went back to the park with a lunch for the family.
“We brought a tablecloth. We didn’t want it to be yet another fast food meal from a plastic bag, but something that would remind them of lunch at home, at least for a moment,” Gordan said.
“We ate together, as a family and friends,” in the park with no name on Karadjordjeva Street, he added.
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