ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The number of migrants in Serbia has been steadily growing in the second half of 2016. More people continue to arrive, while departures have largely stagnated due to Hungary and Croatia tightening their border controls. As a result, Serbia is faced with a growing number of people who do not want to stay, but are unable to leave. Thousand of them are spending the cold winter time in a squat in the center of Belgrade, in critical living conditions without food and warm clothes. The Serbian government issued a statement announcing a ban on NGOs from providing refugees and migrants who live outside of government - recognised camps with food, blankets and clothing. The legal consequences of the ban, which doesn't prohibit providing medicine, are unclear, and some volunteer organisation has nonetheless continued to bring food once a day. There are many cases of hypothermia caused by the temperatures below zero degrees or respiratory diseases caused by the quality of wood burned. The occupied warehouse is located close to a site for the construction of a luxury residential area.

AUTHOR
Mario Badagliacca was born in Palermo in 1980. He graduated in Politics and International Relations at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale'. During his studies in Naples he worked with several non profit organizations. He graduated in photo reportage and photojournalism in Rome, where he is based. Focused on local realities and social issues, he is currently working on long term projects on migrants and migrant communities, paying particular attention to the cultural aspects of migration. He works with several researchers and universities (such as St. Andrews University, University of Oxford, University of Naples "L'Orientale") and his photographs have been published in national and international magazines and newspapers.
He currently collaborates with the ' Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Mobility Identity and Translation in Modern Italian Cultures' project supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of UK and he is developing a work on Italian emigration between London, New York and Buenos Aires.

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