(21 Oct 2022)
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Berlin - 21 October 2022
1. Wide of foreign ministers positioning for photo
2. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias talking to Special Representative of the German Federal Government for the Western Balkans Manuel Sarrazin
3. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock shaking hands with Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic-Radman, Montenegrin Foreign Minister Ranko Krivokapic standing next to her
4. Various of foreign ministers posing for photographs
STORYLINE:
Germany on Friday hosted a meeting with representatives of the European Union and several European countries - including from the Western Balkans - in an effort to curb migration via the so-called Balkan route.
In recent months, an increasing number of migrants have been trying to reach wealthier western European countries via the Balkans, often paying smugglers thousands of euros (dollars) to take them across borders without valid travel documents.
The package of measures that western European and EU officials pushed for at the Berlin meeting include aligning the visa policies of western Balkan states Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia - all of which want to join the 27-nation bloc - with EU standards, combating trafficking of migrants, ensuring effective border protection and speeding up deportations.
Especially Serbia has been pressured by EU countries to restrict its lax entry policies and no longer allow visa-free travel for citizens from India, Tunisia, Morocco and elsewhere. These people often use Serbia as a loophole to enter the continent and continue from there to the west.
While Germany has welcomed more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees - mostly women and children - who entered legally since Russia attacked the eastern European country on Feb. 24, the government has recently struck a much more hostile tone regarding migrants from more distant parts of the world.
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