Making a Difference for Refugee Children in Europe

August 30, 2016

Donor: International Rescue Committee / DFID UK Aid

Duration: July 2016 – June 2017

The overall objective of this project was the protection of unaccompanied or separated migrant and refugee children in Serbia, primarily through the provision of legal assistance and information about the asylum system and child rights in Serbia, as well as through the collection of information that are essential for finding safer, legal paths to reconnect with their families’ members or finding other forms of durable solutions.

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Migrant and Refugee Crisis in Western Balkan Countries

Donor: OXFAM Italia and UN Women

Duration: August 2016 – October 2016

Within this project the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights conducted a research on the position of women and girls refugees and migrants following the closure of so-called Balkan refugee route in March 2016, whose main points were presented on two round tables in Belgrade and Subotica. Belgrade Centre also prepared and published legal analysis of Asylum Act from gender perspective. The publication was presented on round table in Human Rights House, which was attended by civil society organizations dealing with rights of women and protection of refugees.

 

Protection Response in Dimitrovgrad

May 2, 2016

Donor: International Rescue Committee and Open Society Foundations

Duration: February 2016 – August 2016

The aim of this six-months long project was to provide consistent protection monitoring and a referral mechanism in the area where this was not available. The BCHR worked on achieving improvement in three main areas – the coordination of IRC partners in protection issues in Dimitrovgrad, building a referral mechanism, and strengthening local capacities. (more…)