Yesterday (03.04.2024), our team represented by Mersiha Smailovikj and Jasmina Golubovska held a
working meeting with Tineke Strik, Member of the European Parliament (Group of the Greens/European
Free Alliance) and her team, Aryaan Annabelle Bovenberg and Ruben Robbensom.
At the meeting, the main topic of discussion was migration and humanitarian refugee crisis on the
Southern and Northern border of North Macedonia. We presented the work of our field teams situated
within the transit-border reception centers Vinojug- Gevgelija and Tabanovce- Kumanovo and access to
human rights protection for refugees and people on the move.
Having in mind MEP Strik extensive work in the area of migration, we exchanged information and ideas
on improvement of the reception of people in migration and refugees in the transit- border centers as
well as issues such as push-backs, human rights violations. We presented our reports based on the field
team monitoring and documentation of migration since the beginning of the crisis in 2015.
We also focused on the past 2 months of violent push-backs on the Northern border with Serbia and
Southern border with Greece and the role of Frontex at this specific border.
As an organization advocating for the rights of migrants and refugees, we are pleased with the meeting
with MEP Strik and look forward to our cooperation in future.
