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The Silent Visa Freeze in the Balkans: Europe’s Quiet New Border
Overview: A Migration Shift No One Officially Admits Across the Western Balkans, a major migration shift is unfolding — quietly, without press conferences, without legal amendments, without public debate. Consulates in Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have begun silently freezing visa issuance for selected nationalities. No official announcement. No policy document. No public justification. Yet thousands of applicants suddenly cannot bo
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