European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson praised Romania’s progress in the area of border control, migration and asylum
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson praised Romania’s progress in the area of border control, migration and asylum, during discussions in Luxembourg at the Home Affairs section of the Justice and Home Affairs Council, organised by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
“On this occasion, the Romanian and Bulgarian delegations presented the measures adopted to strengthen border control and reinforce EU security. A central point of the Romanian delegation’s intervention was the presentation of the excellent results of the Pilot Project agreed by Romania with the European Commission in March 2023, which has been implemented at the border with Serbia in the last 6 months,” informs a press release the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MAI)
Ylva Johansson was impressed by the success of the project, stressing that the excellent results of the measures implemented by Romania make it a model for all Member States.
The European Commissioner also appreciated that through the actions demonstrated, the Romanian authorities are implementing in advance the provisions of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, according AGERPRES.