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opinion,179 and particularly if he/she is to be removed to a territory where there is a risk that he/she will
be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, shall be treated in accordance
with the provisions of the Law on Asylum.
Any foreigner who has expressed his/her intention to seek asylum shall be registered, and, if needed,
searched in an attempt to find his/her identification documents, and shall be issued a document
certifying that he/she has expressed an intention to seek asylum. The certificate shall contain his/her
photograph and other biometrical data.
Any foreigner who has expressed his/her intention to seek asylum shall be referred to an Asylum
Centre180, and informed about his/her obligation to report to the authorised officer in the Asylum
Centre, i.e. Asylum Office, within 72 hours, or shall be escorted by the police officers to the Centre if the
relevant conditions specified in the Law on Asylum are satisfied.
The Asylum Centres should be established and organised solely to ensure the efficient implementation
of the asylum procedure.
There is a need to increase the accommodation capacities in the Asylum Centres to the extent that
would allow for the placement of and care for all persons escorted, i.e. referred, to the Asylum Centre in
accordance with the Law on Asylum, and the necessary funds for this purpose shall be provided in the
budget of the Republic of Serbia.
All foreigners referred, i.e. escorted, to the Asylum Centre shall be provided accommodation and
support in accordance with the applicable regulations and standards, including specifically adequate
accommodation conditions, nutrition, hygiene, communication in a language that they can understand,
provision of health care and social support, cultural and religious needs, etc.
Foreign minors shall be placed in the Asylum Centre together with the parent, unless the guardianship
authority deems that other accommodation would be more suitable for them.
The authorised persons in the Asylum Centre shall refrain from the practice of granting leave of absence
from the Centre. The Asylum Centres shall refrain from the practice of “keeping” rooms, i.e. beds, for
the asylum seekers who have left the Asylum Centre on any grounds. The vacant capacities no longer
occupied by their previous users shall be given without any delay to the newly arrived foreigners who
have been referred, i.e. escorted, to the Asylum Centre.
The Police Directorate within the Ministry of the Interior shall establish the Asylum Office, as an
independent unit outside the Border Police Directorate, and ensure an adequate number of authorised
officers, implement their comprehensive training, and provide the necessary funding for their operations.
The Asylum Office shall ensure that there are authorised asylum officers on duty in all the Asylum
Centres on a daily basis.
The authorised Asylum Office officer shall register in accordance with the Law on Asylum any foreigner
who has expressed his/her intention to seek asylum immediately upon his/her receipt to the Asylum
Centre, after which he/she shall issue the foreigner an identity card without any delay, assessing in each
particular case the need to restrict the movement of such person.181
The foreigner shall be informed in a language and in a manner that he/she is able to understand about
his/her obligation to submit within 15 days from his/her registration an asylum claim to the Asylum
Office, i.e. authorised Asylum Office officer on daily duty in the Asylum Centre, who will inform him/her
of the consequences of missing the deadlines, explain how the claim is to be submitted, and provide
him /her assistance in compiling the claim.
179 Unless there are justified reasons to believe that the foreigner poses a threat to the security of the Republic of Serbia or if he/she has been
convicted for a serious crime, and therefore poses a threat to public order.
180 The Centre to which a person who has expressed an intention to seek asylum will be referred shall be determined by the Ministry of the
Interior in cooperation with the Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations.
181 By ordering his/her stay in the Asylum Centre under strict police surveillance or by prohibiting him/her to leave the Asylum Centre, specific
addresses or a specific area.
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