by SeConS
Belgrade, April 2013
In the last couple of weeks, a widespread debate and conflict between civil society and city authorities regarding the
possible closure of the Drop-in center for street involved children in Belgrade, has raised considerable attention to the
human security hazards that these vulnerable children are exposed to. 1 As a group, street involved children have to a
large extent been ‘hidden’ from the public eye as well as the main spheres of political, economic and social life in Serbia.
Thus, the question needs to be raised: Who are street involved children in Serbia, what types of human security risks are
they exposed to, and how are these risks manifested?

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