Over half a million people, mainly women and children, fall victim to trafficking every year. This problem particularly hits the Balkans, owing to the militarization of the region in the previous decade, its geographical position and the difficult economic situation. Today, Republic of Serbia is a country of destination, transit and origin of the trafficked victims.
ASTRA is a Belgrade-based local grass-root anti-trafficking organization established in 2000 as the first actor to raise the issue of human trafficking in Serbia. As a leader in the counter-trafficking effort in Serbia, since it was founded, ASTRA has applied holistic approach to the human trafficking problem, i.e. it has been dealing with all forms of human trafficking and all categories of survivors – women, children and men, focusing its activities concurrently on prevention, education, public awareness raising, direct victim assistance and reintegration, research and networking. ASTRA runs the first SOS hotline service in Serbia specialized for the problem of human trafficking, i.e. for preventive support and for assistance and support to victims of trafficking.
It is our pleasure to announce that ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action has started the implementation of the educational program “Foster Family as a Place for the Recovery and Reintegration of Human Trafficking Victims” accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Republic Institute for Social Protection on October 25th 2011. ASTRA created the program for [...]
Belgrade, 11 April 2012 Expiry of the Terms of Office of the Asylum Commission Members The terms of office of the members of the Asylum Commission, which reviews complaints against the decisions on asylum applications taken by the Asylum Office, are to expire on 17 April 2012. The Government of the Republic of [...]
Within its We Invest in the Future campaign, Komercijalna banka supported ASTRAs campaign STOP Trafficking in Children
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