During the 11 months of this year, there were 13,500 attempts to cross our border, and according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, compared to the same period last year, there was a 48% reduction in attempts to enter the country illegally.
In November of this year, 548 immigrants tried to cross the Vinojug border point. While 99 immigrants stayed in the border transit center “Tabanovce” in November. Most were from Syria, Nepal, Congo, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Palestine.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Toni Angelovski, says that the significant reduction in attempts to enter our country illegally is the result of the work of the police and the presence of Frontex, which helps with border security.
From the “Legis” Organization, regarding the increasing number of discovered cases of smuggling of immigrants, they say that the stricter border control measures announced by the EU have an impact.
Only during the month of November this year, a total of nine cases of smuggling of 89 immigrants were discovered, and measures were imposed on 12 people, three of whom are foreign nationals, against whom criminal charges will be filed for “immigrant smuggling”, “collaboration” and ” helping to smuggle immigrants.”
Source: alsat.mk – Avni Tahiri
