COMMITMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA TO FIGHT ILLEGAL MIGRATION FLOWS

Abstract

Macedonia has faced refugee crises several times in its history since its independence as a state, starting with the refugee crisis triggered by the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then the refugee crisis that happened as a result  from the conflict in Kosovo, as well as the last refugee crisis from the conflict with the Arab countries. The closest thing to us is the refugee crisis from the conflict with the Arab countries that started in June 2015, whose intensity started to decrease in March 2016, but it didn't stop there.

Macedonia is faced with a new challenge to deal with the new refugee crisis. Macedonia managed to build a system that proved to be functional in the management of the refugee crisis, taking into account that the most common situation was when refugees do not treat our country as a final destination but as a transit destination. In her role as a transit country during the European migrant crisis, she showed her advantages and disadvantages in terms of the treatment of migrants, the readiness of institutions to deal with the flow of migrants and the crimes that occurred as a result of this massive influx of migrants.