<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The purpose of this article is to present the policy of the countries of the Visegrád Group regarding the problem of migrants from the Near East and North Africa. The study is based on materials from the media and it reveals the position of the Visegrád Group, which differs from that of Brussels, because the four countries are against the introduction of quotas for migrants. The article states that according to them the priority of the common European policy on the issue should be the removal of the root causes of migrant crisis, first and foremost the termination of the war in Syria.</p></abstract>

The purpose of this article is to present the policy of the countries of the Visegrád Group regarding the problem of migrants from the Near East and North Africa. The study is based on materials from the media and it reveals the position of the Visegrád Group, which differs from that of Brussels, because the four countries are against the introduction of quotas for migrants. The article states that according to them the priority of the common European policy on the issue should be the removal of the root causes of migrant crisis, first and foremost the termination of the war in Syria.

Migrant Crisis and the Visegrád Group’s Policy

South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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The purpose of this article is to present the policy of the countries of the Visegrád Group regarding the problem of migrants from the Near East and North...

Migrant Crisis and the Visegrád Group’s Policy

Published Online: Jul 27, 2016

Page range: 35 - 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2016-0007

Keywords
refugees, migrants, Visegrád Group, Balkans migration route

© 2015 Diana Ivanova, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Migrant Crisis and the Visegrád Group’s Policy

Published Online: Jul 27, 2016

Page range: 35 - 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2016-0007

Keywordsrefugees, migrants, Visegrád Group, Balkans migration route

© 2015 Diana Ivanova, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
refugees, migrants, Visegrád Group, Balkans migration route