A video recently published by a Skopje-based NGO has brought attention to a distressing incident with migrants at the Serbia-North Macedonia border. The footage allegedly shows a group of semi-naked men apparently being pushed back into North Macedonia by Serbian border police. The police noted that since January 13, 2023, the border police have overseen the state border between Serbia and North Macedonia in collaboration with police officers from Austria and Hungary under the trilateral cooperation memorandum. Neither Austrian nor Hungarian police members have reported any incidents or misconduct by the Serbian border police during their joint monitoring efforts along the state border, the Serbian police said. In 2015, the Western Balkan route running via North Macedonia and Serbia emerged as an important pathway for irregular migration from the Middle East and North Africa to the EU member countries.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 23, 2024 13:06 UTC