Skopje and Serbia at present requested for extra assist from the EU to take care of irregular migration.
The inside ministers of the 2 international locations, Pance Toskovski and Ivica Dacic, who met at present within the metropolis of Kumanovo in Skopje, collectively discovered that irregular immigrants enter the 2 international locations from EU member states.
“This 12 months we prevented round 7,000 unlawful crossings at our borders. We have now actually completed so much to scale back the general variety of unlawful immigrants and we’ve been praised for this by each the European Fee and the EU. However each Skopje and Serbia have the identical downside, which is that unlawful immigrants actually come to us from the European Union. We have now a particular scenario the place they’re coming to us from the EU. So the EU should assist us to unravel this situation. This situation is organizational and monetary and requires a larger presence on the border. We want funding to appreciate these objectives, we’d like logistical help,” mentioned Serbian Inside Minister Ivica Dacic
“Most unlawful immigrants getting into Serbia arrive from Bulgaria. Greater than 50% arrives from there, someplace a bit of over 30% arrives from North Macedonia” added Dacic.
“Macedonia (as he known as his nation), like Serbia, is a part of the unlawful immigration route. We’re a transit nation, similar to Serbia, and most unlawful immigrants getting into Macedonia come from our southern neighbor, particularly Greece. So sadly we’re experiencing the identical scenario that Mr. Dacic described, that’s, unlawful immigrants are getting into Macedonia and Serbia from EU member states. Assist is required on this situation and we’re partly getting it. I’m free to say an enormous thanks to FRONTEX, which is situated on our southern border and enormously assists the work of the border police. However any extra assist and assist is all the time welcome, particularly within the implementation half concerning the technical options we’d like” mentioned North Macedonia's Inside Minister, Pance Toskovski.
The inside ministers of the 2 international locations, throughout their assembly at present, additionally mentioned safety points, in addition to methods to take care of the congestion on the border crossings between the 2 international locations, particularly through the summer season months.
Supply: RES-MPE
