Press Release: Commission reports on visa-free travel from the Western Balkans

On 25 February 2015, the Commission published its fifth assessment of the functioning of the visa-free scheme with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

The fifth post visa liberalisation report on the Western Balkans shows that more measures are necessary to maintain the integrity of the visa-free scheme and to address potential abuses of the EU asylum system.

ESO: Background information: Report From The Commission To The European Parliament And The Council Fourth Report on the Post-Visa Liberalisation Monitoring for the Western Balkan Countries in accordance with the Commission Statement of 8 November 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-and-the-council-fourth-report-on-the-post-visa-liberalisation-monitoring-for-the-western-balkan-countries-in-accordance-with-the-commission-state/

ESO: Background information: Albania and Bosnia to get visa-free travel before Christmas http://www.europeansources.info/record/albania-and-bosnia-to-get-visa-free-travel-before-christmas/

ESO: Background information: Visa-free Travel–Foreign Policy in the Making http://www.europeansources.info/record/visa-free-travel-foreign-policy-in-the-making/

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