Minister for Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vulin visited Brussels on 17-18 October 2016. During his visit, he had meetings with Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey in EEAS Angelina Eichhorst.

Minister Vulin said that it is of outmost importance for Serbia to be treated as an equal to member states of the EU and as such to receive all necessary assistance. He stated that Serbia will receive additional €6 million of humanitarian aid for tackling the problem of migrant crisis. Vulin confirmed that general opinion of the international community is that Serbia is treating  migrants and consequences of the migrant crisis in the best possible way. Vulin pointed out that Serbia offered some accommodation facilities for migrants but he made it clear that these facilities will not increase. He explained that it is very important for Serbia to be part of the agreement which the European Commission is trying to achieve with the government of Afghanistan and possibly Pakistan on return and readmission of citizens of these countries.