EU Action Plan on the Western Balkans

Between January and November 2022, almost 130 000 attempted irregular border crossings have been reported by Frontex at the EU external borders on all Western Balkan routes, three times higher […]
A Credible Enlargement Perspective for Enhanced EU Engagement with the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans are part of Europe, geographically surrounded by EU Member States. The peoples of the EU and the region have a common heritage and history and a future […]
Commission Staff Working Document, North Macedonia, 2024 Report

Following the first Intergovernmental Conference on accession negotiations on 19 July 2022, the screening sessions for all six clusters were completed on 7 December 2023. North Macedonia continued to implement […]
Commission Staff Working Document, Montenegro, 2024 Report

Accession negotiations with Montenegro were opened in June 2012. To date, 33 negotiating chapters have been opened, of which three have been provisionally closed. Montenegro continued to broadly implement the […]
Commission Staff Working Document, Serbia, 2024 Report

Since the opening of Serbia’s accession negotiations in January 2014, 22 out of 35 chapters have been opened. All chapters in cluster 1 on the fundamentals and all chapters in […]
Commission Staff Working Document, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024 Report

Bosnia and Herzegovina applied for EU membership in February 2016. The Commission adopted an Opinion on its membership application in May 2019, setting out 14 key priorities on democracy/functionality, rule […]
Information on Access to Social, Cultural and Economic Life

Integration is a process whereby the host state provides various programs and activities to facilitate your smoother and faster inclusion into the new environment. The integration program lasts 1 (one) […]
Handbook on Migration and Local Development

International Organization for Migration (IOM) – All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced.
Law on the Ratification of the Agreement Between the Republic of Serbia and the European Community on the Readmission of Persons Residing without Authorization

Desiring to establish, under this Agreement and on the basis of reciprocity, efficient and expedited procedures for the identification and safe, orderly return of persons who do not fulfill or […]
Challenges in the Integration of Persons Granted Asylum in the Republic of Serbia (2019 2023)

The Law on Asylum and Temporary Protection (LATP) stipulates that the Republic of Serbia shall, within its capabilities, provide support and assistance for the integration of persons granted international protection. […]