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Sep 2015
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Foreign Minister of Macedonia - Nikola P...

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The migrant crisis is pushing EU countries into trying to come up with solutions that are fair for member states and refugees fleeing conflict. There is evidence that people smugglers from the western Balkans are involved in the movement of thousands of migrants and are increasingly favouring land routes through Balkan states like Macedonia. Hardtalk asks the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki what can governments like his do to resolve the current crisis?

(Photo: Macedonia's Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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