Migrant crisis: external borders need to be stabilised, says EU commissioner
- 9 years ago
An increasing number of migrants are making their way into Europe through the Western Balkans.
What challenges does this pose for the transit countries?
Euronews has been speaking to Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, about the influx of people desperately searching for a new life.
He attended the Western Balkans summit in Vienna in late August.
Natalia Richardson-Vikulina, euronews:
“How are you going to convince some European Union countries like Denmark, Hungary or the United Kingdom to participate even more in resolving this (migrant) crisis, to find a common European answer?”
Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations:
“I think the very recent events and for instance this human tragedy of people having died in a truck in Austria. The dead people in the Mediterranean. All this has created an understanding, an attitude also in the public which helps us to r
What challenges does this pose for the transit countries?
Euronews has been speaking to Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, about the influx of people desperately searching for a new life.
He attended the Western Balkans summit in Vienna in late August.
Natalia Richardson-Vikulina, euronews:
“How are you going to convince some European Union countries like Denmark, Hungary or the United Kingdom to participate even more in resolving this (migrant) crisis, to find a common European answer?”
Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations:
“I think the very recent events and for instance this human tragedy of people having died in a truck in Austria. The dead people in the Mediterranean. All this has created an understanding, an attitude also in the public which helps us to r