Kraljevo, 24.05.2018.

Free legal aid project and the Association “Ruke prijateljstva” join forces to help returnees

Junior Legal Expert of the Free Legal Aid Project Ivana Andrejevic and trainees Magdalena Dimic, Biljana Andrijevic and Dejan Jovic met with the Roma Association “Ruke prijateljstva” on May 24, 2018 in Kraljevo.

The project representatives used the opportunity to present the aid the project is providing for returnees upon readmission agreements and to set the ground for further cooperation with this association.

On this occasion, the legal team met with four returnees upon readmission agreements who have some legal issue, as well as with one internally displaces person from Kosovo and Metohija. Upon identifying legal problems, the team filled out the applications for legal aid and collected available documentation.

The Free Legal Aid Project and the Association „Ruke prijateljstva“ signed the MoU on February 14 this year in order to improve the assistance offered to returnees deported from the EU to Serbia upon readmission agreements who need legal assistance in obtaining missing person documents.