Migrants and asylum seekers have repeatedly made attempts to break quarantine and escape from reception centers in Serbia, according to statements made by the country’s defense minister.
On Tuesday, Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandr Vulin said that military personnel were forced to fire shots into the air outside reception centers along Serbia’s border with Croatia and near the nation’s capital to prevent the migrants from escaping amid lockdown measures, RIA Novosti reports.
The defense minister stated that two instances of escape attempts had occurred at the migrant reception center in the Krnjaca village, no far from Belgrade, and at the Adasevci village which lies along Serbia’s border with Croatia.
Both attempts were thwarted by military personnel and no one was injured.
“Unfortunately, we have had several incidents. On Monday, the last one took place when a group of migrants tried to escape,” Vulin said.