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Almost 12,000 Serbian claims for asylum were made in Germany last year (Photo: wfbakker2)

Euro-deputies back suspending Balkan visa-free regime as 'last resort'

A sudden increase in unfounded EU asylum claims from Balkan nations could see their visa-free regimes temporarily revoked, say euro-deputies.

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on Monday (8 April) voted in favour of suspending visa-free regimes in case of "substantial and sudden increases" in irregular migrant numbers or unfounded asylum applications but “only as a last resort.”

The so-called ‘suspension clause’ in the EU visa regulation was proposed by the Europe...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Almost 12,000 Serbian claims for asylum were made in Germany last year (Photo: wfbakker2)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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