EU Commissioner Johansson to visit Serbia next week

BRUSSELS - EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson has announced she would travel to Serbia next week to visit the Hungarian-Serbian border, where EU Frontex Police personnel have been deployed.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Johansson said the deployment of the Frontex mission was a part of efforts aimed at preventing illegal migration on the Western Balkans route.

She said the number of illegal entries on the route had declined by 44 pct since the EU had begun joint efforts with third countries.

Johansson also said 99 pct of all migrants coming to the EU were legal migrants.