Tag: refugees
Macedonia 06.03.22 | 23:15

About 50 Macedonians are still in Ukraine, half of them are trying to leave

The Macedonian Foreign Ministry estimates that there are still 50 citizens in Ukraine. The Ministry sent the ambassador Krum Efremov back to Ukraine with a team of diplomats to try and organize evacuation for as many as possible. Some 50 Macedonian citizens have already left. Of the remaining 50, about...
Macedonia 23.02.22 | 15:49

Macedonian Government will offer to receive refugees from Ukraine

The Macedonian Government announced its readiness to receive refugees from Ukraine, if the situation there deteriorates further. Macedonia has shown its open heart and has helped in similar situations in teh past. The Government will offer its assistance in the case of escalation in Ukraine. Prime Minister...
Macedonia 26.11.21 | 20:48

Macedonia admits 14 Afghan refugees

Macedonia admitted 14 additional Afghan refugees, in this case former UN employees and their family members, who fear for their lives after the defeat of the NATO led forces and the Afghan Government. The group, like others before them, are housed in hotels near Skopje. There are currently 568 Afghan...
Macedonia 05.11.21 | 11:14

New group of 131 Afghan refugees arrives in Macedonia

A new group of 131 Afghan refugees landed in Skopje yesterday evening. It’s made up mostly of former UN employees who fled Kabul after the defeat of the NATO led forces and the Afghan Government. They will be accommodated in hotels near Skopje, bringing the total number of temporarily housed Afghans...
Macedonia 26.10.21 | 13:18

Seven more Afghans leave Macedonia, 400 remain

Four adults and three children left for Portugal this morning as their permanent destination. These are employees of international organizations and their families to whom our country has recently provided temporary shelter as part of an international humanitarian operation to help the pro-democratic...
Macedonia 19.10.21 | 14:05

Group of 27 Afghan refugees left Macedonia for Ireland

Another group of 27 Afghan refugees left Macedonia today, with Ireland as their destination. Macedonia housed under 500 Afghans after the defeat of the NATO backed Government, until their applications for asylum elsewhere are processed. One smaller group already left for France.  
Macedonia 14.10.21 | 12:48

Ten Afghan refugees relocated from Macedonia to France

A group of 10 Afghan refugees who were initially accommodated in Macedonia, have left the country for France. There are a little under 500 Afghans in hotels around Skopje, where they await the processing of their asylum applications in other countries.
Macedonia 05.10.21 | 18:05

Additional 97 Afghan refugees brought to Macedonia

A new group of 97 Afghan refugees arrived to Macedonia today. Like the previous two groups, there are also mainly former workers of international organizations – in this case the National Democratic Institute (NDI) – who fled Afghanistan after the defeat of the international forces and the...
Macedonia 15.09.21 | 19:53

New group of 44 Afghan refugees arrives in Macedonia

A new group of refugees from Afghanistan – 44 in total – arrived in Macedonia today. They are reportedly activists and family members from a British led cultural and humanitarian organization who would be in danger if they remain in the Taliban ran Afghanistan. Macedonia already admitted...
Macedonia 30.08.21 | 22:24

First Afghan refugees set to arrive in Macedonia

The first group of 149 Afghan refugees is expected to arrive to Skopje this evening. The Zaev Government agreed to accommodate 750 refugees and expressed readiness for nearly 2,000 – mostly people who worked for the Afghan Government and international NGO groups such as OGP, the World Economic...
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 15:44

Cost of accommodating Afghan refugees put at 1,200 EUR per person

Zoran Zaev estimated the cost of accommodating Afghan refugees in Macedonia at 74,000 denars per person – or about 1,200 EUR. Zaev insisted that it’s a small price for Macedonia to show it stands in solidarity with the Afghans, “together with the most developed countries in the world”. It’s...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 15:03

Zaev: We probably have bigger hearts than other countries, that is why we will take more Afghan refugees

We probably have bigger hearts than other countries, and feel greater humanity than others after what our region has been through, said Zoran Zaev during a press conference today, when asked about the outsized number of refugees from Afghanistan his Government offered to accept compared to nearly all...
World 22.08.21 | 13:52

Jansa insists that the EU admits only a small number of Afghans who worked with the NATO mission

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa said that the European Union must not open refugee corridors from Afghanistan or allow a repeat of the crisis of 2015/16. We won’t repeat the strategic mistake of 2015. We will only help individuals who supported the NATO mission, said Jansa, whose country holds...
Macedonia 22.08.21 | 09:32

Zaev Government retracts statement from its spokesman about offering work permits to Afghan refugees

Hours after Government spokesman Muhamed Hoxha said that the issue of work permits for the arriving Afghan refugees will be examined in the coming days, the Government issued a retraction. Instead of clarifying what Hoxha said, the Government blamed the opposition of spreading misinformation and hate...
Macedonia 21.08.21 | 10:48

Plans for education, healthcare and work permits for Afghan refugees are being prepared

Spokesman Muhamed Hoxha said that the Zaev Government will meet in the coming period to discuss how to socialize the coming refugees from Afghanistan. Given the possibility that they remain in Macedonia for more than three months, the Government will determine how best to educate the children, provide...
Macedonia 20.08.21 | 20:54

Zaev’s Government now pledges to take 650 Afghan refugees

The Zoran Zaev Government announced that the number of Afghan refugees it pledged to accept now stands at 650. The number has been growing daily, as more and more international institutions who had associates in Afghanistan are looking for countries that would receive them. Up to this point, the Government...
Macedonia 19.08.21 | 19:55

Zaev is ready to take up to 1,800 refugees from Afghanistan

In an interview with Sitel TV, Zoran Zaev announced that his Government is ready to accept as many as 1,800 refugees from Afghanistan. Zaev already committed to take 450 people, after consultations with the US authorities and NDI. These are mainly people who worked with the US forces in Afghanistan,...
Macedonia 18.08.21 | 15:12

Government: Refugees from Afghanistan are democratic and peaceful population

A majority of the 450 Afghan civilians are expected to arrive by plane by the end of the week depending on the situation at the Kabul airport. They are democratic, peaceful population, employees and family members of employees in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions, activists from human rights organizations,...
Macedonia 18.08.21 | 12:56

Refugees from Afghanistan will also be registered in the census

Macedonia is one of the few countries in the region that has generously accepted to take in refugees from Afghanistan. So far, the number is 450 refugees and it is expected to increase. Their arrival coincides with the beginning of the census in Macedonia, which kicks off on September 5. According to...
Macedonia 17.08.21 | 15:49

Government to accommodate refugees from Afghanistan in hotels

The Interior Ministry said that it was not true that the Gazi Baba reception center for foreigners, which has been operating continuously for 20 years, would be turned into a migrant center. It added that according to the recommendations of numerous international organizations in charge of human rights...
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