Migration Profile of the Republic of Serbia for 2010
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MIGRATION PROFILE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA FOR 2010 CBMM Project Capacity Building of Institutions Involved in Migration Management and Reintegration of Returnees EUROPEAN UNION This project is funded by the European Union CONTENTS CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................... 2 ACRONYM LIST ...................................................................................................................... 4 PART A: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 5 Internal migration in the Republic of Serbia ...................................................................... 6 TRENDS OF EMIGRATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ............................. 7 Trends of immigration into the Republic of Serbia ............................................................ 9 PART B: STATE OF MIGRATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ................................ 10 B1: GENERAL CROSS-BORDER MOBILITY ................................................................. 10 1.1. Visa issuance .......................................................................................................... 10 1.2. Cross-border mobility that is not migration ........................................................... 11 B2: International migrations, temporary residence permits, permanent resident population and naturalization ................................................................................................................. 11 2.1. Immigration ............................................................................................................... 11 2.2. Temporary residence permit ...................................................................................... 13 2.3 Foreigners permanently residing in the Republic of Serbia ....................................... 18 2.5 Foreign students ......................................................................................................... 23 2.6 Acquisition of citizenship .......................................................................................... 24 2.7 EMIGRATION ........................................................................................................... 24 B3: Statistics relating to the prevention of illegal entry and stay ......................................... 32 3.1. Prevention of illegal entry into the Republic of Serbia ............................................. 32 3.2. Return of persons illegaly residing in the Republic of Serbia ................................... 34 3.3. Trafficking in human beings ..................................................................................... 37 B4: Statistics on forced migration and international protection ........................................... 41 4.1. Asylum seekers ......................................................................................................... 41 4.2. First instance decisions on asylum applications ........................................................ 44 4.3. Second instance decisions on appeals lodged against decisions on asylum application .......................................................................................................................................... 44 4.4. Decisions based on administrative disputes .............................................................. 44 4.5. Return of citizens of the Republic of Serbia who do not qualify for entry, stay or residence in another state ................................................................................................. 44 4.6. Statistics on refugees under the Law on refugees ..................................................... 47 4.7. Internally displaced persons ...................................................................................... 49 B 5: Statistics on internal migrations ................................................................................... 51 B 6: CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................ 53 PART C: CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF MIGRATIONS ....................................................... 55 C1: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA .................................. 55 1.1. Vital events ............................................................................................................ 55 1.2. The main groups and characteristics of the population ......................................... 56 1.3. Educational characteristics of the population ........................................................ 57 1.4. Depopulation of rural areas .................................................................................... 57 C2: DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND MIGRATIONS ..................................................... 59 2.1. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the Republic of Serbia ............... 59 2.2. Development in the Republic of Serbia according to human development indicators .......................................................................................................................................... 62 2 2.3. Development trends according to EU development indicators ................................. 62 C3: ECONOMIC FACTORS ............................................................................................... 64 3.1. Macroeconomic conditions ....................................................................................... 64 3.2. Competitiveness of the Serbian economy ................................................................. 65 3.3. Standard of living ...................................................................................................... 65 3.4. Increase in regional disparities ............................................................................... 66 3.5. Economic benefits of migration – remittances from abroad ..................................... 66 C4: THE SITUATION AND TRENDS IN THE LABOUR MARKET.............................. 67 4.1. Indicators of activity and employment ...................................................................... 67 4.2. Characteristics of unemployment .............................................................................. 68 4.3. Labour force outflow ................................................................................................. 68 C5: DEVELOPMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF SOCIAL SERVICES ......................... 69 5.1. Inclusion into the education system and the quality of education ............................. 69 5.2. Health care ................................................................................................................. 69 5.3. Social protection ........................................................................................................ 69 C6: CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................. 71 PART D: MIGRATION MANAGEMENT POLICY ............................................................. 72 D1: International and national normative framework for migration regulation ................... 72 1.1 International normative framework ....................................................................... 72 1.2. National normative framework ................................................................................. 74 D2: Institutional framework for migration management in the Republic of Serbia ............ 75 D3: National migration management policies ...................................................................... 78 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................... 80 Appendix 1: List of tables and graphs ...................................................................................... 81 Таbles ................................................................................................................................... 81 Graphs .................................................................................................................................. 84 3 ACRONYM LIST AP Autonomous Province LFS Labour Force Survey B&H Bosnia and Herzegovina GDP Gross Domestic Product EU The European Union CC Criminal Code FFS Family Financial Support МDG Millennium Development Goals NES National Employment Service ОЕCD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development PS Primary School TD Travel Document PISA The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment SORS The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia USA United States of America BPS Border Police Station FDI Foreign Direct Investments SFRY The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Germany The Federal Republic of Germany FCC The Federal Constitutional Court SCG Serbia and Montenegro TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study UN United Nations UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees FPRY Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus 4 PART A: INTRODUCTION The Migration Profile was first proposed as an instrument of states by the European Commission in Annex VIII to the EC Communication on Migration and Development in 2005, aimed to gather information on migration and development and to allow the formulation