Countries along the Balkan route are stepping up boder controls in an attempt to stem irregular migration. An increasing number of migrants have been taking this route since this summer what accounts for this phenomenon? Several hypotheses exist.
Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has backed new measures to tighten security at the borders of Europe’s Schengen zone to prevent criminals exploiting the chaos of the Ukraine war.
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ZURICH (Reuters) - The foreign affairs committee of the Swiss parliament's lower house has narrowly rejected a proposal by the centre-left Social Democrats to ban physical and transit trade in gas, oil and coal by companies majority-owned by Russia or by persons with close ties to the Kremlin until the war in Ukraine ends.