What price do Serbia and Macedonia have to pay to save the EU?
What price do Serbia and Macedonia have to pay to save the EU?

Author(s): Michal Vít
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Keywords: Balkan route;
Summary/Abstract: The Balkan route used by migrants coming to Europe was closed in mid-March 2016 with a stricter regime placed for border protection between Greece and Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia, and between Serbia and Hungary. In order to limit the flow of migrants on the external border of the EU– in Serbia especially - and to some extent between specific EU states, Serbia and Macedonia were put into an unenviable situation. Even though the route is officially closed for those who do not have guaranteed the right of asylum, the Arbeiter Samariter Bund (ASB) estimates that the number of migrants crossing the border into Serbia still grows daily by about 100 people. These people were detained by the Serbian police and army or, decided to register themselves in one of the Serbian asylum centres; there are also some who decide not to register with the Serbian authorities and to stay in a “grey zone”.

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