Open AccessRefugee crisis challenges in Serbia
Author(s) -
Jelena Minović,
Slavica Stevanović
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn1865131m
Subject(s) - refugee , refugee crisis , euros , political science , government (linguistics) , comprehensive plan of action , state (computer science) , geography , economic growth , development economics , economics , law , humanities , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
The paper analyses economic and legal aspects of the refugee crisis caused by the war in Syria. The aim of this paper is considering of the refugee crisis complexity in the Republic of Serbia. At first, our research includes the analysis of the refugee crisis in Serbia that refers to the number of refugees who expressed their intention to seek asylum in Serbia and the origin country of refugees. After that, the part of direct costs of the state are estimated as well as the total consumption of refugees during crossing Serbia in 2015. The costs in the operational plan of the Republic of Serbia Government, and the reception and asylum centres costs are identified, as well as sources of financing of direct costs. The estimated direct costs for Serbia are around 30 million Euros, and total consumption of refugees in 2015 is not less than 20 million euro. Additionally, we analysed the Asylum Act in the ex-YU countries, and determined convergence and divergence of their different acts. Our results of the Asylum Act analyses in each country confirm that refugees, asylum seekers and persons enjoying subsidiary protection have the same rights as residents in Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia. This is the major result of this paper. Anyone in Serbia or in the Balkan region did not find similar results. Consequently, the results of this paper are unique and exclusive. Therefore, these results are very important for the scientific and professional public.