Macedonia

Number of people served: 7,312

Because of its location on the border between Greece and the rest of Europe, hundreds of thousands of refugees, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq, traveled through Macedonia in 2015 and 2016. Since borders closed in 2016, the situation has since stabilized, but some refugees still remain and seek asylum in the country.

Our Work in Macedonia

JRS Macedonia serves and shelters the most vulnerable migrants – people with injuries, pregnant women and babies, unaccompanied children. JRS Macedonia services include a Safe House for refugees, home visits, psychosocial support, and support to detained migrants.

Education Education is a life-saving intervention that helps displaced children and families to see beyond their displacement.
Education
Advocacy Advocacy aims to shape laws, policies, and public opinion to be just and generous for the benefit of victims of forced displacement.
Advocacy
Emergency Assistance In crisis and conflict, relief assistance – shelter, food, water, sanitation, and non-food items – are needed to ensure the survival of people in emergency situations.
Emergency Assistance
Health Care Health services are often needed to help refugees through their displacement and effectively reduce health risks.
Health Care

A migrant at the border town of Lojane, Macedonia. (Jesuit Refugee Service)

Contact

JRS Macedonia Country Director:

Dejan Stračkovsk 

dejan.strackovski@jrs.net

Contact:

Petar Pop Arsov 47 1000 Skopje