The Commissioner urged as soon as possible to solve the issue of EU immigration policy

KIEV. 25 Dec. UNN. The European Commissioner for migration policy Dimitris Avramopoulos has called the EU as soon as possible to reach agreement in the area of immigration reform and to show more solidarity in the issue of refugees. It is reported by UNN with reference to TASS.

“We cannot agree with the status quo, when some EU States are forced to carry more responsibility than others”, — quotes 25 December, the statement by the German Funke media group.

According to Avramopoulos, the future migration policy of Europe must be “fair and balanced”. “Today it is not,” said the Commissioner. “We all know that we must not lose time,” he said, stressing that the agreement on the reform must be reached by June 2018.

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“Migration will be in the next years to occupy an important place on the agenda in Europe and the world”, says Avramopoulos. “We can’t wait for a new crisis, which we’ll remind you”, he concluded.

We will remind, over 11 months of 2017, the State border service of Ukraine detained 3 thousand 414 illegal immigrants.