1. Migration Crisis in Europe: Data Collection and Information Management by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) IOM Belgrade - Serbia
24 June 2016
Budapest, Hungary

2. Start of activities
IOM Serbia initiated its activities in September 2015, upon official request of the Serbian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mr. Aleksandar Vulin, Chairman of the Government Working Group on Mixed Migration Flows, at the meeting with the IOM Director General in Geneva.
Prior to that, IOM Serbia staff were present in the field to monitor the situation and to discuss with the government the contingency planning and most urgent needs. The first funding (Migration Emergency Funding Mechanism - MEFM) was used to hire staff in the field locations and to cover entry and exit points, but also to increase the capacity of relevant government institutions.

3. Flow and routes

4. Arrivals to Serbia

8. Activities and implemented projects as from September 2015 in response to the on-going crisis
IOM mobile teams deployed to the borders with FYRoM, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary.
As from September 2015 up to April 2016, IOM Serbia operated with 65 field staff covering 4 border areas in three shifts (24/7).

9. Field Locations No. center capacity 400 100 200 50 720 20 250 550 1
Krnjaca
400 2
Banja Koviljaca
100 3
Bogovadja
200 4
Sjenica 5
Tutin 50 6
Presevo
720 7
Miratovac 8
Dimitrovgrad 20 9
Subotica 10
Sid
250 11
Principovac 12
Adasevci
550

10. Transportation announcements
Data Collection
EWISN - Early warning info sharing network
Started in September 2015
Daily information sharing on arrivals/departures
Transportation information
* 7th March last train reported departing from Gevgelija
Period
Transportation announcements
Number of passengers
Sep – Dec 2015
817
Jan – Mar* 2016
156
90.895

11. Data Collection DTM - Displacement Tracking Matrix
Data collection and reporting
Flow monitoring surveys in December 2015
DTM portal

12. Activities
Direct support to the Border Police at the green border with FYRoM (information provision, referral to registration center)

13. Activities
Transport assistance towards registration/reception centres

15. Activities
Support to the migrants in pre-registration process (questionnaires) in Presevo and Dimitrovgrad regsitration center

16. Activities
Establishment of the transit camp (December 2015) at the green border in Miratovac and coordination of the camp activities and assistance provided

17. Current Activities
Currently IOM Serbia operating with 35 field staff covering entry/exit points
AVR support as from February 2016 (41 migrants assisted through AVR program)
As of 25th May upon official government request mobile teams present at both Kelebija and Horgos border crossing points with Hungary. IOM Serbia deployed 8 field staff members and 3 interpreters for Arabic and Farsi

18. Current Activities
Increasing technical capacities in the camps/reception centres (refurbishment of the Reception center Adasevci (close to Sid) and refurbisjment of the premises for unaccompanied minors in Belgrade)
Capacity building of BP – development of handbook/SOP for managing massive influx of migrants
Traning of Border Police officials in managing the migration crisis (120 Border police officials trained)

19. Current activities Maintaining presence and level of activities
Monitoring situation on entry and exit points
New arrivals
Number of accommodated migrants at reception centers
Flow monitoring surveys
Monitoring situation on SR-HU border

20. Thank you ! Miljanovic Slavko
IOM Belgrade - Serbia
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