Serbia Serb town protests over wave of asylum seekers

6 Nov 2011 | asylum

‘Reuters’ reports that protesters in a small Serbian border town called for government action on Sunday over the town’s rapidly rising population of asylum seekers from Afghanistan, the Middle East and Somalia trying to reach the European Union. Banja Koviljaca is currently home to an estimated 2,500 migrants sent to an asylum centre, which only has the capacity of 80 beds. During a protest gathering 500 people, locals said the town’s children would not go to school until the government solves the issue.

Source : Reuters