Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the Third Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, SWD(2020) 132 final

Staff working document SWD(2020) 132 accompanying the third VSM report (64 pages): country chapters with migration, asylum, document security and security data. Programme content: Albania draft citizenship law and October 2019 letter; Montenegro decision of 22 Nov 2018, launch 2019, December 2019 amendment on family members, 24 applications, 5 rejected after due diligence, 5 positive decisions, no passports yet; North Macedonia December 2012 change; Moldova launch November 2018, suspension 19 Jul 2019 and extension, 8 naturalised and 34 pending, 2020 moratorium and abolition. All five numbers and the related events are already recorded under this id or the COM report. Ukrainian passport-sale scandal (p. 51) concerns ordinary passports, not an investment programme. Rest out of scope.