By extending cooperation with countries in the Western Balkan region the EU hopes to tackle irregular migration more effectively.
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00:00The European Union and Serbia signed an agreement on operational cooperation in border management
00:08with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex.
00:13They agreed to start deploying guards across the country's borders, and not just those
00:20with EU members, in a bid to control and prevent illegal migration and cross-border crime.
00:31This is the second agreement of this kind that we signed with Frontex, and thanks to it,
00:37Frontex's police force will be deployed not only on state borders with Bulgaria and Hungary
00:44in the context of the Serbia-Kopno operation, but also on the state borders of Serbia with
00:50third countries.
00:51This will significantly contribute to our joint fight against cross-border crime and irregular
00:57migration.
00:59Serbia is also part of the Balkan route, which also runs via Turkey, Bulgaria and North Macedonia,
01:08a route thousands of people from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Africa
01:15use annually to reach wealthy Western countries.