Schengen Agreement on the free movement of citizens and goods should be expanded to four more countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Serbia. This was stated by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrei Babish, his TASS quotes.
politician stressed that due to the expansion of the Schengen zone, the European Union will be able to strengthen the fight against illegal migration.
“Europe needs to be protected from illegal refugees. [During the first migration crisis in the EU] in 2015, the Schengen zone did not demonstrate its effectiveness,” Babish said. In his opinion, the only country, effectively “fenced” the EU from refugees, became Hungary.
Prime Minister stated that he intended to raise these questions at the International Political Science Conference “Strategic Forum”, which began in the Slovenian city of Bled earlier on Wednesday, September 1.
August 31 reported that the European Union decided to provide financial support to States adjacent to Afghanistan, thereby paying off from the influx of refugees. According to some reports, the association countries will provide assistance in the amount of 600 million euros by the neighbors of the Islamic Republic. This money will serve to support the border management and the fight against extremism.