MR. MILISAVLJEVIC: STATE RESPONDED ADEQUATELY TO THE ISSUE OF RECEIVING MIGRANTS

13. July 2015.

Presevo - MP Dusan Milisavljevic said that Serbia had responded adequately in case of emergency situation and the large influx of migrants by providing them a decent reception in Presevo.

MP Milisavljevic, along with his colleague Aida Corovic, visited the reception center in Presevo wishing to personally see how the country reacted in a situation in which a large influx of migrants sought salvation by fleeing from war-torn areas.

“I want to commend the work of members of the Gendarmerie and the police, who are predominantly from Nis and are stationed in the reception center, of doctors and nurses from the Military Hospital in Nis, as well as of the others who are engaged in this job”, Mr. Milisavljević said.

He said that the Gendarmerie checked whether the migrants carried weapons, then the police registered them, after which they could be medically examined.

“They are provided first aid. They mostly have injuries from long walks, as well as headaches, collapses and varicose veins, "said Mr. Milisavljević, who is a doctor by profession and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Nis.

Mr. Milisavljevic says that maybe the Center should be provided with a computer, as well as with a few more registration desks, so that the gathering of unnecessary crowds could be avoided.

According to him, asylum seekers receive Red Cross packages at the Centre. The UNHCR is there, too. Then, they get the required papers, after which they can continue their journey.

Mr. Milisavljevic pointed out that providing health care was important, because they could be carriers of a potential risk to themselves and others in the countries through which they passed, so that the terrain of the countries in which migrants resided should be hygienically treated. He assumed that epidemiologists had that in mind.

MP Milisavljevic said that he expected the influx of migrants and asylum-seekers to continue, as well as that providing assistance to them should be everyone’s task.

MP Milisavljevic also said that he had visited the Presevo hospital and the out-patient maternity ward, which was completed and fitted out with the latest equipment and which should soon start operating. The open competitions for vacancies at the ward had been announced on two occasions, but no gynecologists applied, while two Albanian women gynecologists and one Serbian one were currently undergoing professional training. Until the end of their professional training, the out-patient maternity ward will operate with the help of the Ministry of Health and the local self-government, so that the women from the area will be able to give birth in Presevo, not in Vranje, noted MP Milisavljevic.

Source: “Tanjug” news agency and Coordination Body