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On June 17, 2021, at the regular annual General assembly of the Missing Children Europe (MCE), Marija Andjelković, director of ASTRA, was elected for a board member of MCE. ASTRA has been a member of the Missing Children Europe and running the European number for missing children 116000 in the Republic of Serbia since 2012.

ASTRA – Action against human trafficking launches a campaign 20 YEARS OF FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING − 20 YEARS OF FIGHTING FOR PEOPLE. The campaign intended to emphasize the role and achievements of the civil sector in the prevention and suppression of trafficking in human beings. The realization of the campaign is a part of the

Dear Members of the European Parliament, the Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Today, on International Domestic Workers Day, 16 June 2021, La Strada International – European NGO Platform against trafficking

On Saturday, June 5, at 1 pm at the Youth Square in Jagodina, the Independent Women’s Group – composed of representatives of women’s organizations, civic initiatives and socially engaged individuals – held a public gathering to support women and girls from Jagodina, potential victims of organized sexual exploitation in this city. Activists wanted to send

At the 15th meeting of the Special Working Group for Monitoring and Implementation of the Strategy against Trafficking in Human Beings, held on June 3, 2021, ASTRA presented its new edition of the Analysis of Protection and Support Services for Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in Serbia. The Brochure: Services for Persons at Risk

This year, students of the Criminal Police University in Belgrade had the opportunity to get acquainted with the topic of human trafficking and the role of the civil sector in solving and preventing this problem and available types of assistance and support to victims of human trafficking. Like last year, in 2021, the lecture was

On Tuesday, May 25, the Balkan Refugee and Migration Council (MYLA) organized training for its members on human trafficking. The director and one of the founders of NGO ASTRA, Marija Andjelkovic, introduced the participants of the training to the basics of the problem of human trafficking: trends, mechanisms and answers to the problem of THB.

On Tuesday, 25th of May, the Construction Workers Union and IGM Serbia (SRG, IGMS) have organized a three-day training for their members about social and labour issues of manual workers who are migrants in Western Balkan and European union. The director and one of the founders of ASTRA, Marija Andjelkovic, has provided information about issues

Home runaways, the disappearance of unaccompanied children in global migrations, parental and criminal abductions are the most common causes of the disappearance of children. NGO ASTRA provides professional assistance and support in connection with all reported cases.  Last nine years, ASTRA is managing a unique EUROPEAN NUMBER FOR MISSING CHILDREN 116000 in Serbia: the only

On May 18, the Coalition prEUgovor presented the Progress Report of Serbia in Chapters 23 and 24 for November 2020 – April 2021. The report’s general conclusion is that activities have intensified after a lost year, but that the government’s approach to reforms remains formless, i.e. represents a continuation of the former course called “ticking