Master students of the Faculty of Political Science visited the Asylum Center in Krnjaca on April 7, 2023. Djurdja Surlan, the Manager of the Center, introduced the students and their professors to a brief history of the Center, which began its work in 1992 when refugees from the former Yugoslavia began to arrive in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since 2014, the Center has accommodated asylum seekers from the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. The Manager presented the work of the Center and the services it provides to asylum seekers and pointed out the good practices applied in the Center in order to integrate migrants. In cooperation with international and domestic non-governmental organizations, the Asylum Center provides support for children living in the Center, which includes different workshops adapted to their age. Employees of the Center, in coordination with employees from the non-governmental sector, but also from other sectors of the state (health, social protection and employment), invest efforts in providing employment opportunities for asylum seekers in Serbia. Currently, the Center is populated by families and the number of migrants is several times below the capacity offered by the Center, due to the departure of a large number of irregular migrants from Serbia.
