Tag: refugees
Macedonia 17.08.21 | 13:11

The number is increasing: 386 refugees from Afghanistan to be housed in Macedonia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani informed that a request has been received from the National Democratic Institute for temporary accommodation of an additional 200 civilians, in addition to the number of 186 citizens from Afghanistan for temporary acceptance in the country, which the Government...

Macedonia 17.08.21 | 09:20

180 refugees from Afghanistan to be housed in Macedonia at first

Six women and children of staff from the UN Mission in Afghanistan and about 180 women, children, staff or family members from humanitarian organizations, human rights organizations, journalists and other types of associations should be temporarily housed in Macedonia. Almost 190 Afghan civilians...

Macedonia 16.08.21 | 20:37

Unclear how many Afghan refugees will be housed in Macedonia

When asked, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani would not specify the number of Afghan refugees Macedonia has agreed to receive. Yesterday Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that, in talks with the United States, he agreed to accept civilians from Afghanistan, until their eligibility to claim asylum in the US...

Macedonia 16.08.21 | 11:10

Zaev’s claims three years ago that there was no plan to build refugee camps were absolute lies

I absolutely confirm once again that no one has asked, nor is Macedonia planning to build refugee camps or the like. This is what the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in July 2018, at the height of the migrant crisis. That is absolutely untrue, a big lie, unfortunately I see that someone is abusing it...

Macedonia 28.02.20 | 15:02

Culev: We are closely monitoring situation at borders due to possible new wave of refugees

Both our southern and northern borders are closely monitored by the border police in cooperation with Army members and police of other countries due to the situation in northern Syria and recent developments in Turkey and the possible danger of a new wave of refugees from Syria, Interior Minister Nake...

World 17.10.19 | 12:11

Orban: If Turkey opens gates for regufees, we would have to use force at border with Serbia

Hungary would have to use force at its southern border with Serbia to protect the European Union’s frontier if Turkey delivers on a threat to open the gates for refugees through the Balkans towards Europe, Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban said. Orban said currently there were about 90,000...

Balkans 08.10.19 | 12:44

Greek Government expects 25.000 migrants to arrive at its exposed islands by the end of the year, V4 reports

If predictions by the Greek Immigration Ministry are to be believed, the refugee centers on the Aegean Islands may experience catastrophic conditions as another 25,000 migrants are set to arrive from Turkey by year-end, the V4 news agency reports. While the holding camps set up on the five most affected...