Prime Minister of Montenegro reported on the problem of the influx of migrants
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The Prime Minister of Montenegro Dusko Markovic reported on the alarming situation with migrants, the number of which has increased dramatically, and about the readiness to build a reception center on the border with Albania.
"We have developed an alarming situation, an increase in the flow of illegal migrants from Greece through Albania to Montenegro ... Over the five months of this year, we registered about 1.5 thousand illegal border crossings, which is much more than last year, and it is obvious that the problem We are increasing our resources, we delivered the European Commission a project to re-equip the old Yugoslav border post on the border with Albania, which could become a focal point for better control over the situation. To avoid the risks of carrying large wave of migrants, as it was in 2015, when she walked Montenegro "- said Markovic.
He suggested that the joint efforts of the countries in the region will help to counter the migration crisis, and added that Podgorica has developed an action plan. According to Markovic, an agreement was reached between the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro and Albania on strengthening the control of the state border and the issue of building a second center for the reception of migrants in the republic is being considered. Earlier, the head of the department for monitoring the state border of Montenegro, Vojislav Dragović, told national television that the official Podgorica is considering the possibility of installing a fence with barbed wire on the border with Albania to prevent illegal border crossing by migrants.
Officially, the "West Balkan route" of migrants was closed in 2016, but instead of the way Greece - Macedonia - Serbia - Croatia they went to the European Union through Albania, Montenegro and BiH.
Source: https://ria.ru/world/20180618/1522923233.html
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