Migration, Asylum, Refugees, Regional Initiative (MARRI)

Migration, Asylum, Refugees Regional Initiative is unique regional structure consisted of six Participants: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. MARRI's mandate is to promote closer regional cooperation and a common, comprehensive and harmonized approach of MARRI Participants to migration, asylum, border control, trafficking in human beings, readmission and return of refugees and labour migration, with an ambition to reach the international and European standards in these areas. The main scope is to provide free and well managed movement of persons in Western Balkans, contributing that way to development and stability of the region. The main bodies of the Initiative are: MARRI Regional Forum of Ministers of Interior/Security, MARRI Committee MARRI Regional Center The Regional Center as Executive Secretariat of MARRI is based in Skopje and acts as a focal point for consultations, dialogue, training, information exchange, capacity building and other activities agreed by MARRI Participants.