DEMOCRATIC ROMA ASSOCIATION (DUR) - On 20.04.2010, between 7-8 am in the morning, the Roma settlement on Lazar Kujundzic Street in the municipal district of Cukarica [in Belgrade] was demolished. 38 Roma families, or over 150 residents, lived in this settlement. According to the accounts of residents everything played itself out by surprise and with incredible speed, accompanied by the use of force on the part of those hired to undertake the clearing operation in an attempt to ensure that the residents would be chased from their homes.

As a result, the residents weren't able to save and protect the majority of their belongings from the demolition - including personal belongings and household appliances. Residents succeeded in saving only that which they were able to carry with them in their hands, since they were prevented from accessing their houses.

Internally Displaced People in Serbia:
People and Families that don’t Exist
Cacak, Serbia   September 2007

Conditions in refugee camps are extremely poor, and are only getting worse. The World Food Program has been withdrawn.1 The Red Cross no longer provides donations to refugees and the displaced. As the economic situations worsens generally, aid to refugees decreases. In the meantime, people remain trapped in refugee camps with no way out. Six or seven people sleep in one room, a space that must also function as a storage, cooking and living area. Children spend winters in tents and transport containers.