The Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, UNHCR + the Serbian Government: Fulfill the fundamental rights of asylum seekers in Serbia‏

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http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/The_Commissariat_for_Refugees_and_Migration_UNHCR_the_Serbian_Government_Fulfill_the_fundamental_rights_of_asylum_seeker/?copy

Because right now hundreds of asylum seekers are being deprived of accommodation, food and safety. They are forced to live in the woods outside Bogovadja asylum centre, which is full to capacity. The relevant authorities are not addressing the situation and snow will soon fall!

 

We, the undersigned asylum seekers in the Republic of Serbia together with the citizens of the Republic of Serbia and other countries, request the fulfillment of the fundamental rights of asylum seekers, defined by the law (the Law on Asylum of the Republic of Serbia, article 21) and demand the following of the responsible institutions and organs (the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, UNHCR and Serbian Government):

1. a) Urgent provision of accommodation and food for the asylum seekers, who have been living for several months outside the Asylum center, in the nearby forests, without necessary means, exposed to great cold, malnutrition, diseases, physical and psychological torture.

The problem of accommodation could be solved permanently by opening a new asylum center but also by providing a temporary accommodation of the asylum seekers until the more permanent solution becomes available.

b) Assurance that all the people will be safe and protected until the previous request is fulfilled (above all, that they would be protected from illegal deportations to the countries from which they entered Serbia, since the asylum seekers have testified that in 2012 even those who had been holding valid asylum applications issued by the police, had been deported).

2. a) Replacement of the manager of the center, director Stojan Sjekloća, because of the lack of transparency in his managing the center, justified suspicion of corruption, psychological unstability and lack of expertise and compassion.

The testimonies about the work of Stojan Sjekloća, gathered during the last year and a half, can be found below.

 

b) Ensuring that the new center manager is an honest, professional and responsible person, with foreign language skills and an insight into the problems of refugees (in their home countries, in the countries of transit and while on the territory of the Republic of Serbia). Besides these qualities, it is of great importance that the new manager also has a sense for working with people, a sense of understanding and compassion.