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These past few weeks, I’ve been working on completing a paper about the history of camps in Greece. In the process, I’ve been sifting through old files, emails, and archived materials. Among the many things I (re)discovered was an announcement, dating almost 20 years back, published from the “Lathra?” initiative, a remarkably active solidarity group […]

In the border city of Zvornik, situated along the Drina River, locals can easily cross between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by walking across a bridge. At the two border posts on either side of the bridge, border guards rarely check identification or travel documents. Still, for migrants this is another deadly crossing. After Hungary

The bath city of Banja Kovileca is located next to the river Drine, right on the borders of Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina. It is a really small city of 5.000 inhabitants. Still, within the last 50 years it is a hub of different migration routes. At the edge of Banja Koviljača, in 1965, a Reception

Postcards distributed by KlikActiv in the summer of 2022

A really interesting discussion with InfoPark in Belgrade today around camps, reception system, and migration moovements. https://www.facebook.com/infoparkserbia/?locale=sr_RS The map shows the camps that once existed in Serbia, with circles around those that are still operational. Notably, all the transit camps located along the borders with Hungary and Croatia—the most needed ones as migrants stayed while

In trying to determine how much money the EU has allocated to Serbia during the years of the refugee crisis, the deeper you dig, the more inconsistencies you find in the publicly available data. Take, for instance, the official EU Projects to Serbia website—a platform that appears well-organized and efficient. In the “Migration Management” sector,