Serbia offers citizenship to Afghan `Little Picasso`
(Artdaily.org)

Serbia on Wednesday offered citizenship to the family of a young Afghan refugee who has become known as `Little Picasso` for his artistic talent, the president`s office said. Ten-year-old Farhad Noory has lived in a migrant camp in Belgrade with his parents and two younger brothers for eight months, during which time his paintings of famous people have made him a local media star. On Wednesday he and his family were invited to meet President Aleksandar Vucic, who offered them citizenship and the promise of a job for Noory`s father. `We would be honoured if you accepted,` Vucic told the boy and his relatives. About 4,500 migrants are staying in 18 state-run camps in Serbia after arriving in the huge wave of travellers from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. They mostly intended to start new lives in western Europe but got stuck in Serbia after the so-called `Balkan route` was shut down in 2016.