Along with the Syrian refugee crisis, around 375,000 asylum seekers, mostly Roma from the WB5* (Western Balkans 5: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) became under pressure of returning back to their countries’ of origin. The integration of the returnees into the system is becoming a serious policy problem, since most of the WB5 do not have any measures for responding to this issue. In the period from 2008 to 2015 there is an increasing trend (91% increase) in the asylum applicants from WB5. The policy measures undertaken by the WB and EU countries demonstrate little effect in decreasing the number of applications which puts the visa liberalization process under threat for the WB5.
Migration of Roma in EU: The case of Romani asylum seekers from Western Balkans
февруари 15 2016 | Библиотека, Истражувања, Публикации