Gevgelija – MARRI delegation led by MARRI RC Director Sashko Kocev paid a visit to the Transit Center “Vinojug” on the Macedonian – Greek border.
The representatives of the Regional Center for Border Affairs “Jug” under the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Macedonia hosted the delegation and informed that the number of prevented attempts for illegal crossing at the Macedonian-Greek border towards Macedonia, has increased during the summer reaching approximately 500 attempts per week. In this regard, the presence and collaboration with the police officers from 7 EU countries that have been deployed to the border on bilateral basis, has been evaluated as very important and useful. The interlocutors also briefed that the collaboration with the Greek Border Police is very good, yet, there is still a need for legal basis that will regulate the rules and regulations of such collaboration.
At the end, it was emphasized that additional technical equipment for better border surveillance as well as upgrading of the existing system for registration of the migrants is necessity.