West Balkan nations to cooperate on organized crime and migration

Ministers and officials from Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro all put their names to the document during a two-day conference. “For Hungary, because of our European Union role and Schengen membership, it is very important that we work together against cross-border crime and illegal migration,” Hungarian Justice Minister József Petrétei told a press conference. Hungary, Slovenia and new EU-member Romania together form the EU's land border with the Balkans.