(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, AUGUST 27 - Montenegro authorities have
stepped up checks and surveillance of the border with Albania,
from which over 2,800 migrants have entered the country since
January. Local media report that for the past week divisions of
the Montenegro army have been deployed on the border with
Albania to support police forces and prevent further arrivals of
migrants and refugees. Over the past few months, a new 'Balkan
route' has been activated by migrants from the Middle East,
Turkey and Greece, a flow that instead of heading towards
Macedonia and Serbia - as occurred during the 2015-2016 crisis -
seek to reach Western Europe through Albania, Montenegro and
Bosnia-Herzegovina. From there they try to cross into the
European Union by entering Croatia or Slovenia to then reach
Austria, Germany or Italy. (ANSAmed).
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