WGPlus (Archive)
‘Sticking Plaster’ agreed |
The past weeks have shown that the challenges currently faced along the Western Balkans migration route will not be solved through national actions. Last week, leaders representing Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia & Slovenia met in Brussels and agreed to ‘improve cooperation & step up consultation between the countries along the route and decided on pragmatic operational measures that can be implemented as of tomorrow to tackle the refugee crisis in the region’. |
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Western Balkans Migration Route: Leaders Agree on 17-point plan of action Germany and Austria acting in compliance with Schengen Borders Code Migration: Debate on Turkey, Balkans, funds and borders with Tusk & Juncker EC grants additional emergency funding to Greece EU provides €365.5m to support Southern Mediterranean countries EC increases co-financing for assistance via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism Migration debate: the real divide Budget 2016: Parliament adds extra funds for migration & competitiveness |