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Estonia at the meeting of EU home and foreign affairs ministers: the EU’s migration policy must be comprehensive and balanced
15. March 2021 - 18:39
Today 15 March, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets and Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani attended the informal video meeting of the foreign affairs and home affairs ministers of the European Union, which focused on the external dimension of migration.
“The proposal for the European Union’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum is predicated on its external dimension, that is, agreements with countries of departure and transit to prevent mass migration. The aim of the meeting was to reach a better understanding between member states on which approach would be the best in case of third countries, so that we could get the desired results by acting together. A possible solution is the Team Europe approach adopted in the development cooperation of the European
The travelers presented certificates supposedly from private medical company SYNLAB.
On Thursday, the company checked the certificates against its database and realised they were fakes, PPA spokesperson Kristjan Lukk said. Criminal proceedings were started for use of a forged document.
A fine or three-year prison sentence can be handed down for using a fraudulent document.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Minister of the Interior Kristian Jaani explained the situation: We got a tip from SYNLAB that counterfeit certificates are in use. This morning people from SYNLAB and the PPA visited Tallinn Airport to carry out checks. We checked about 500 people who wanted to travel by plane and we identified five counterfeit certificates.