"We're defending EU from itself" - Macedonian president

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov writes that his country is "feeling the full force of the migrant crisis," and "defending the EU from itself."

Izvor: Beta

Monday, 07.03.2016.

12:11

(Beta/AP, file)

"We're defending EU from itself" - Macedonian president

"The migrant and refugee crisis is deepening and reaching a critical level. It used to take refugees and migrants six to eight months to reach their destination countries. Now they can do it in just a few days. Today united Europe has more walls than divided Europe had during the Cold War. Greece is facing a possible humanitarian crisis, and there are armies in a state of alert deployed on the borders of Balkan countries," Ivanov notes.

According to him, Macedonia is each day facing "innumerable illegal entries, the destruction of state and private property, the use of counterfeit passports and violence against security forces on the border – all of this by migrants intending to avoid registration and the verification of who actually has a right to asylum."

"Yet we are not in the European Union. The crisis is coming from the territory of Greece - a Schengen area state. So Macedonia has to defend Europe from the EU itself," Ivanov writes, and adds:

"Macedonia is committed to a common European solution. We are ready for all scenarios, and we will act as other states along the refugee route. As a transit-only country, Macedonia is doing this for the benefit of the EU. Unfortunately, even as we are trying to implement EU decisions, we face unfair criticism for doing so."

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