EU migration chief raises alarm over Russian visas amid security fears

Ylva Johansson said the process of granting Russian visas would need to become ‘a bit sharper’. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/AP

The EU’s top official in migration has said she is concerned about the bloc’s visa policy that allowed nearly 450,000 Russians to visit Europe last year.

Ylva Johansson, who is standing down as the EU’s migration and home affairs commissioner at the end of the month, told journalists the EU’s Russian visa guidelines might need to become “a bit sharper”.