ISOLATION CONFIRMED. How the EU is undermining its interests in Kosovo
ISOLATION CONFIRMED. How the EU is undermining its interests in Kosovo

Author(s): Author Not Specified
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: ESI – European Stability Initiative
Keywords: Kosovo isolation; visa-free travel; Schengen;
Summary/Abstract: This report highlights the discriminatory treatment of Kosovars – whether they are Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Serbs, Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Bosniaks, or Kosovo Ashkali and Egyptians – by the European Union in the context of the EU‟s visa policy. || This paper explores what has happened in the last twelve months in detail. It argues that the EU has demanded things from Kosovo to be allowed to start a visa liberalisation process than it had not demanded from all other Western Balkan countries. Importantly, our analysis shows that in fact Kosovo has met even those additional demands. Nevertheless, it is still kept out in the cold.

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