EU Commissioner warns of possible migrant crisis from Western Balkans – Beta

European Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi has warned of a new migrant crisis from the Western Balkans if EU promises of expansion are not fulfilled.

He told Budapest daily Magyar Nemzet that the citizens of the Western Balkan countries could create the next migrant crisis if expansion fails and called the EU to intensify cooperation with the region. “We have to keep our promises to the Western Balkans. I think that is one of the most important lessons from the situation in Afghanistan,” he said, adding that the integration of the region has to be a European priority.

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