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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11262

26 February 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Rise of 40% in asylum requests in one year from Balkans nationals

Brussels, 25/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission once again stated its concern on Wednesday 25 February at the “misuse of the visa-free travel scheme” by citizens of the Western Balkans “for seeking asylum in the EU”.

It expressed this view in the fifth assessment of the functioning of the visa-free scheme with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia in place since 2009 and 2010. The EU, the Commission says, is...

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