Tag: vaksince
Macedonia 15.04.21 | 18:07

Two illegal migrants from Pakistan injured in a fight in a smuggling village on the border with Serbia

Two illegal migrants were badly injured in a fight in the village of Vaksince, on the border with Serbia. The incident was reported yesterday early afternoon by a local citizen who said that two groups of migrants got into a fight in which a knife was used. The two injured men are from Pakistan and are...

Macedonia 02.08.20 | 14:17

Ten illegal migrants stopped near the border with Serbia

Ten illegal migrants were found in a car near the village of Vaksince near Kumanovo, on the border with Serbia. The group included people from Pakistan, Syria and Bangladesh. The driver fled once he spotted the police. Vaksince is one of the main centers for illegal transit over the border into Serbia....

Macedonia 15.06.20 | 14:31

Police finds 51 illegal migrants in house on the border with Serbia

A police raid on a house in the village of Vaksince, near Kumanovo, led to the discovery of 51 illegal migrants. The people were from Pakistan (38) and Afghanistan (13), and the group included six minors. Villages such as Vaksince, on the border with Serbia, are used by migrant traffickers to keep groups...

Macedonia 03.02.20 | 18:12

Macedonian – Pakistani gang charged with torturing migrants on the border with Serbia

One Macedonian citizen and three Pakistani citizens were charged with migrant trafficking. The group was followed in October and November 2019, when they kept migrants from India, Afghanistan and Pakistan in a house in the village of Vaksince, close to the border with Serbia. The majority ethnic Albanian...

Macedonia 28.10.19 | 12:25

Villager arrested harboring 81 illegal migrants from the Milddle East let go by the police

Naim Alili from the village of Vaksince, who was arrested for migrant trafficking after 81 Middle Eastern migrants were found in his farmhouse, has been released by the Kumanovo police. Alsat TV reports that the man remains a suspect, but that the police decided to let him go a few days after the arrest. Macedonian...

Macedonia 26.10.19 | 11:10

Macedonian police finds more than 80 illegal migrants hiding in a village on the border with Serbia

Macedonian police uncovered 81 illegal migrants hiding in a farmhouse in the village of Vaksince, on the border with Serbia. The village is the main crossing point for illegal migrants who are using the Balkan route on their way north toward the European Union countries. The group included 62 adults...

Macedonia 24.07.19 | 23:46

Four Pakistani migrants stabbed in an incident in the village of Vaksince

Four Pakistani migrants were injured in an incident which happened in the village of Vaksince early on Wednesday morning. According to police reports, the men aged 20 to 24 had stab wounds which were inflicted during the incident, which is still being investigated. The villages of Vaksince and Slupcane,...

Macedonia 16.07.19 | 16:34

Nine migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan found in Vaksince, near the border with Serbia

A 26 year old man from the village of Vaksince, near the border with Serbia, was charged with migrant trafficking after the police found that he was concealing nine migrants. The men were discovered last week, and were from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Vaksince is a major transit location for...