The European Commissioner for European Affairs, Ylva Johansson, said on Friday 12 March that she was ready to use the lever of visa policy “as early as this summer” against non-Member States that do not cooperate sufficiently with the European Union on the return and readmission of illegal migrants. And she called on Member States to work “urgently” on a list of specific third countries that could be targeted by these measures, such as more expensive visas to travel to the EU.
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