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Nepali migrants among those injured in Serbia van overturn

BELGRADE, July 27: Thirty Afghan and Nepali migrants were injured when a van transporting them overturned in southeastern Serbia, reported RTS state-run television on Saturday.
By AFP/RSS

BELGRADE, July 27: Thirty Afghan and Nepali migrants were injured when a van transporting them overturned in southeastern Serbia, reported RTS state-run television on Saturday.


Three migrants remain hospitalized while the others received medical care and were placed at a reception center run by the country's Commissariat for Refugees, according to RTS.


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The injured migrants are men from Nepal and Afghanistan, the broadcaster stated, citing the commissariat.


The accident occurred on Friday on a highway near the town of Bela Palanka when the van, carrying nearly 50 migrants, slipped off the road.


Serbia lies along the so-called Balkans route, used by migrants heading towards the European Union. In 2023, nearly 100,000 migrants traveled this route, according to Frontex, the EU's border surveillance agency.

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