Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the Fifth Report under the Visa Suspension Mechanism, SWD(2022) 405 final

Staff working document SWD(2022) 405 accompanying the fifth VSM report (39 pages): additional information per country on migration, asylum, readmission, document security, public order. Programme content: Albania set up an Agency of Special Citizenship Programs in 2021 and adopted two decisions on citizenship for art/culture and education/science/sport by April 2022 (no Albanian programme id; not recorded); Montenegro successful applicants in Jan-Dec 2021 by nationality (13 nationalities, adding up to 246; the list says "include"); North Macedonia economic-interest citizenship: 2021 successful applicants' nationalities without counts (12 countries) and 15 successful and four rejected applications in 2021. Already recorded from this id: the 13 Montenegro nationality rows. Added: North Macedonia 15 approved and 4 rejected in 2021. Rest out of scope.