“Migrant crisis is not the issue of Serbia, it is a European challenge that requires a joint solution,” said the Director General of the European Commission’s DG NEAR Christian Danielsson following a visit to the migrant reception centre in Obrenovac.
Danielsson told the press that the reception centre in Obrenovac, just as any other similar facility in Serbia, was an example of close cooperation between Serbia and the EU.
He said that the EU would continue to financially help Serbia manage those centres, noting that since spring 2015 the EU has provided Serbia EUR50 million to cover food and other costs.
FoNet
Danielsson said that the EU also donated vehicles for Serbian border police and the Commissariat for Refugees.
The Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin said that the reception centre in Obrenovac provided accommodation for 860 of 7,000 migrants currently residing in Serbia.
According to him, most of them are staying at reception centres and are part of Serbia’s asylum system.
