Gendarmerie in the streets of Shida! (PHOTO / VIDEO)

Sid, Photo: MUP Srbije

Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin He said today that the police ensure every day that the citizens of Shida and all other citizens of Serbia are protected and that their daily lives are not affected by the consequences of the migration crisis.

“The State is doing its job. Due to the increase and influx of migrants, which are now felt in the Shida area. In the coming days, the gendarmerie will be on duty in the territory of that municipality and will make sure that the they shouldn’t be on the streets. ” especially that there are no uncontrolled meetings, “said Vulin in Shido.

Vulin, Photo: Ministry of the Interior

According to the head of the Sremska Mtirovica Police Department, Dragan Stojanac, there are three reception centers in the Šid area with 1,860 immigrants, of which 260 are in Šid, 600 in Principovac and 900 in Adaševci.

Vulin, who together with Police Director Vladimir Rebić and Sid Zoran Semenović Municipality President, visited the police officers who carried out the action to find “irregular” migrants early this morning, asked citizens to trust their state and police.

The Minister asked citizens not to be victims of fake news and not to listen to whoever calls them to organize to save something from someone, because there are laws in Serbia and no one can take justice into their own hands.

“No migrant who is not in our system and does not have a proper permit, should not and cannot move through our streets, especially should not camp or stay in an area where it is not regulated and allowed,” said Vulin.

According to him, these people, due to the corona virus crisis, it can be a health problem for themselves and the citizens of Serbia and therefore they should be in camps where they are controlled and where they have all possible medical care and protection.

As he emphasized, the Ministry of the Interior is here to take care of and ensure that the citizens’ day-to-day runs normally.

“Trust your country, don’t be fooled by fake news and let the state do its job. When it comes to the migration crisis, more than a million migrants passed through Serbia, and there were almost no incidents and that is not That’s because our police, “Along with all the other security services, are doing their job well,” Vulin said.

Sremska Mitrovica Police Department Chief Dragan Stojanac said that he was engaged in daily activities to find irregular migrants.

“Today we are in one of the places we are visiting: the local community of Neprečava Batrovci,” he said, adding that every day patrols are found in the city and at the entrance of Šid by groups of irregular migrants who are taken to the Adashevci and Principovac reception centers.

Stojanac said that crime in the migrant population refers mainly to mutual conflicts and no attacks on citizens have been recorded.