EU Collapse: END OF SCHENGEN? MEPs Vote to Bring BACK Border Controls as Free Movement FAILS
- END OF SCHENGEN? MEPs Vote to Bring BACK Border Controls as Free Movement FAILS
by ALIX CULBERTSON, http://www.express.co.uk/
EUROPEAN Union (EU) members have today voted overwhelmingly to bring back border controls in a blow to the Schengen free movement agreement.
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In a bid to minimise the effects of the migration crisis on Europe MEPs agreed to replace the union’s border agency, Frontex, with a new European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCG), which will be granted more powers.
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The passport-free Schengen area – which the UK is not part of – has been blamed on allowing terrorists, people traffickers and economic migrants to travel freely across the continent. An impressive 483 MEPs voted to bring in the new plans this autumn, while 181 voted against and 48 abstained.
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The re-introduction of border controls is bizarrely being trumpeted as a victory for the EU, despite the Schengen agreement being seen as one of the bloc’s success stories.
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EU rapporteur, Artis Pabrics, said: “The European Border and Coast Guard Regulation will ensure that the EU external borders are safer and better managed. “This is not a silver bullet that can solve the migration crisis that the EU is facing today or fully restore trust in the Schengen area, but it is very much needed first step.
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