Fifth Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, COM(2022) 715 final

Fifth Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, COM(2022) 715 (5 Dec 2022, 45 pages): Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries; migration, asylum, visa-policy alignment, security; recommendations. Programme content: Albania has had legislation allowing an investor citizenship scheme since July 2020, a working group feasibility study and a 2022 decision on a public-private partnership (no Albanian programme id; not recorded); Montenegro extended its scheme in December 2021 to end-2022 (event already recorded from another source), 241 applications for 807 individuals in 2021, 264 passports issued by December 2021; North Macedonia 115 persons naturalised for economic interest as of October 2021, 103 until December 2020; general call to phase out investor citizenship schemes. Already recorded from this id: Montenegro 241 applications and 264 passports. Added: Montenegro 807 persons, North Macedonia 115 and 103. Rest out of scope.