Asylum seekers from Asia and Africa on their Way to Western Europe: Position of Serbia and Other Countries in the Region as Transit Stations
Asylum seekers from Asia and Africa on their Way to Western Europe: Position of Serbia and Other Countries in the Region as Transit Stations

Summary/Abstract: Growing numbers of refugees from countries of Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa have been trying to reach highly developed nations of Western Europe, most of them being members of European Union (notably Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy etc). These people are escaping from their home countries because of economical and political reasons, and in a quest for “better life” in countries representing their final destinations they are mostly transiting through countries of Southeastern Europe like Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece etc. The intention in this essay is to deal with the issue of their treatment and respect for their human rights as refugees or asylum seekers in Serbia and other countries in its neighbourhood and the region, while also taking into account possible impact of their presence on political relations between those countries. In the concluding part an emphasis is placed on an urgent necessity to change or modify current Dublin Regulation dealing with the issue of refugees on the EU level.

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