Nearly 1,000 migrants found in 8 cities, people smugglers also arrested during Operation Hotspot
They were arrested at dawn
Members of the Ministry of Interior have acted within international Operation Hotspot, starting this morning at 6 o'clock, in the territories of eight police administrations in Serbia, during which detailed searches were carried out of reception centers for migrants and outdoor and indoor spaces where migrants are staying, in order to find irregular migrants and members of organized criminal groups involved in their smuggling.
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Members of the Ministry of Interior from the police administrations of Belgrade, Subotica, Sombor, Kikinda, Sabac, Kraljevo, Vranje and Novi Pazar arrested seven people on suspicion that they organized human trafficking and found 991 irregular migrants who will be transferred to reception centers.
Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandar Vulin together with Assistant Director of Police Dragan Vasiljevic, Assistant Director of Police and Head of the Belgrade Police Department Veselin Milic and Republic Commissioner for Refugees and Migration Vladimir Cucic, attended the operation conducted in the territory of Belgrade's Savski Venac municipality.
Minister Vulin said that eight police administrations, in cooperation with the Security Information Agency (BIA) and the Commissariat for Refugees, within the international Operation Hotspot and the fight against illegal migration and against human trafficking, did everything in accordance with the law to restrain and bring before the law illegal migration, but above all people smuggling gangs.
"The state of Serbia will not be a parking lot for migrants, the state of Serbia will respect its laws and expects everyone to respect our laws above all, regardless of our humane approach and organization. Our everyday life will not and cannot be endangered and our everyday life cannot become a victim and a subject of the work of smuggling gangs. The state of Serbia will fulfill its international obligations, but also care about the everyday life of our citizens," said Minister Vulin.
(Telegraf.rs)