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Border police in Romania (Photo: Adrian Mogoș)

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Shut-out Balkan migrants find Romanian backdoor to EU

Kosovo-born Agron Salihi's confrontation with the Romanian immigration system lasted for five months and ended badly for him, when the 30-year-old was expelled.

Salihi illegally entered Romania in autumn 2016, together with his brother, through a south-western crossing covertly used by migrants on their way to Schengen states, according to his court file.

A convicted felon in Germany, Salihi asked for refugee status in Romania, arguing that ethnic Roma like him face discrimination...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Border police in Romania (Photo: Adrian Mogoș)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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