Committee approves draft migration policy resolution 2026–2030 and forwards it to Parliament
Resolution and Action Plan set six strategic areas for managing legal and illegal migration; statute changes for the Military Academy were also endorsed.
The Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Security approved a draft Resolution on North Macedonia's migration policy for 2026–2030, together with an Action Plan, and forwarded it for further parliamentary procedure.
Six strategic areas and an accompanying action plan
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Astrit Iseni said the overall aim of the resolution is to create institutional and other preconditions for a sustainable, comprehensive framework to manage both legal and illegal migration in order to advance the country's development.
Iseni added: "The resolution will be implemented across six strategic areas, namely a supporting framework, reliable and updated data, management of legal migration, management of illegal migration, entry and stay of foreigners in the Republic of North Macedonia and building partnerships to enhance international cooperation in the field of migration."
Members of the committee accepted the proposed migration policy resolution for 2026–2030 without objections. At the same session, they also approved amendments to the Statute of the Military Academy "General Mihajlo Apostolski" in Skopje, an affiliated member of Goce Delchev University in Stip.
Colonel Nenad Taneski, dean of the academy, said the institution's expansion required formal changes to its statute and the creation of an Institute for Military Sciences. He said: "With the development of the Military Academy 'General Mihajlo Apostolski' there arose the need to increase the activity, that is, the formation of an Institute for Military Sciences. The Statute represents a developmental process so we can continue with our activities for which we have maximum support from the minister of defence who showed and proved that the Army and the Ministry of Defence, and the Military Academy are a very important factor in the development of the officer cadre."
The committee noted that a positive opinion from the Government of North Macedonia had been received regarding the amendments to the academy's statute.
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