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Twenty refugee families receive keys to their new apartments in Vrsac

13.07.2019. Twenty refugee families from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia residing on the territory of the City of Vrsac were handed over keys to their newly built apartments in a ceremony including government officials, representative of donors and media.

The three-story building with 20 apartments was built within the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) in the Republic of Serbia, subproject 2. RHP donors allocated the amount of 421,057 euros while the contribution of the City of Vrsac, in the necessary infrastructure, was 11,5 million dinars.



Ceremonial delivery of keys was attended by Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Commission for Coordination of the Process of Permanent Integration of Refugees, Vladimir Cucic, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, Dragana Mitrovic, Mayor of Vrsac, Leonetta Pajer, Representative of the EU Delegation in Serbia, Hans F. Schodder, Head of the UNHCR Representation in Serbia, Dragan Katuca, Director of the Project Implementation Unit in Public Sector, representatives of other state and international institutions and organizations and beneficiaries.

First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic wished the best of luck to families who received apartments.



"As I have said before, your suffering is immense and certainly unforgettable. We all share and bear the burden of past times. The cult of remembering, through your own testimonies, builds hope that similar mistakes will not happen again. We need to be unified both in happiness and pain. Only in this way can we build a secure future for all our children and their offspring. From this place, I can responsibly tell you that the Government of the Republic of Serbia is committed to doing so."

Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, Vladimir Cucic, emphasized that for refugees in Vrsac more than one hundred housing solutions were provided only through RHP, adding that next to the building with 20 apartments, the construction of another 40 apartments for refugee families from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia is underway.



Speaking about RHP, Leonetta Pajer, representative of the EU Delegation in Serbia, emphasized that "among all the projects funded by the European Union, RHP brings the greatest joy because it focuses on people, their rights, their dignity and happiness." She stressed that the EU will remain dedicated to the goal of allocating housing solutions to the remaining refugee families.