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Violent practices against migrants
MSF workers standing by a barbed wire fence during a medical consultation of the MSF mobile clinic in Horgos 2 border crossing area in Serbia. Serbia, July 2022.
© Evgenia Chorou/MSF

In Serbia, we provide general medical consultations and essential items, such as blankets and hygiene kits, to migrants and refugees in Belgrade, and to people on the move in border areas.

Our activities in 2023 in Serbia

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.

MSF in Serbia in 2023 In 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continued to provide essential medical and humanitarian assistance to asylum seekers, migrants and refugees living in precarious conditions in Serbia.
Serbia IAR map 2023
Country map for the IAR 2023.
© MSF

Many of our patients in Serbia, who were attempting to cross the Balkans in search of safety in other European countries, reported that they had been subjected to violence and pushbacks by state authorities at the borders.

Throughout the year, our teams assisted people living outside official accommodation, particularly along the northern borders with Hungary and Romania. In the southern region bordering Bulgaria, we provided assistance to people residing in official settlements. We ran mobile clinics in these areas, offering general healthcare and distributing essential relief items, such as blankets, warm clothing, footwear and hygiene kits, and collaborated with local civil society organisations by providing donations, including medications, to support people in vulnerable circumstances.

As well as caring for victims of physical and psychological violence, including various forms of inhumane and degrading treatment, MSF teams treated people whose health had been affected by freezing winter temperatures and poor living conditions, including lack of food, clean clothes, medical care and hygiene facilities.

 

In 2023
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