Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dačić said today that the Ministry of the Interior is an important factor in migration management and that it strives to promote legal and inclusive migration for the benefit of both its country and all those who legally come to or leave Serbia to work.
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Interior Ministry important factor in migration management
Belgrade,
6 November 2025
At the Inter-Ministerial Conference “Labour Migration within the Central European Initiative – CEI: Regular Pathways and Sustainable Labour Markets”, under the auspices of the CEI, Dačić pointed out that countries are expected to be more confident and harmonise labour and migration policies in creating conditions that will enable labour migration to be a choice, not a necessity.
The Deputy Prime Minister stated that in the past few years, Serbia has significantly improved its legislation in the field of movement and employment of foreigners, adding that by adopting the Law on Foreigners and introducing an integrated work and residence permit, the country has made an important step towards harmonisation with European standards.
This law, as he explained, allows for obtaining a new temporary residence permit for a period of up to three years, depending on the grounds and purpose of the stay, in order to facilitate the procedure for regulating residence documents.
At the same time, this has created the possibility of safe and legal migration routes, which is crucial for reducing the risk of migrant smuggling and human trafficking, he explained.
Dačić added that an equally important goal is to build a system that recognises migration as a driver of economic growth and regional cooperation, based on partnership.
The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that in this regard, a special focus is placed on the prevention of exploitation through labour, which is an increasingly common form of human trafficking in modern migration flows.
Our goal is clear – that no person should be forced to seek their existence through abuse or coercion, but rather through safe, legal and dignified paths of work and mobility, Dačić emphasised.
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Author: Ministry of Interior
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