{"id":27716,"date":"2021-12-18T16:43:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=27716"},"modified":"2021-12-18T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T15:44:28","slug":"17-migrants-died-in-a-month-trying-to-reach-eu-borders-from-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/17-migrants-died-in-a-month-trying-to-reach-eu-borders-from-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"17 migrants died in a month while trying to reach EU borders from Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>17 migrants died this month while trying to reach EU member states through Serbia, declared the Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia, Vladimir Cucic.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent tragedy was recorded in Hungary, near the border with Serbia, when a vehicle with Serbian plates carrying migrants got involved in an accident trying to flee a police check. Seven people died and four were injured.<\/p>\n<p>In November, three minors died and 19 were injured in southeastern Serbia in a van crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see the number of deaths, it becomes so clear how desperate they are to continue their journey\u201d, said Cucic in front of reporters.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of those who try to cross the border between Serbia, Hungary or Romania are from Afghanistan and Syria, explained the commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian authorities try to arrest the traffickers that help migrants cross into the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Seven were arrested on November 10 and charged with human trafficking. Another 5 were arrested in September suspected of having received up to \u20ac10,000 to help a least 15 migrants get to Croatia and then in Austria and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration more than 1 million people have crossed the border through the Serbian route from the beginning of the migrant crisis in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>A majority come from Afghanistan (35%), Syria (22%), Bangladesh (11%) and Pakistan (7%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 migrants died this month while trying to reach EU member states through Serbia, declared the Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia, Vladimir Cucic. 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