EU Backs Emergency Travel

artappraiser — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:02:48 +0000

In reply to Europe moves to end passport-free travel in migrant row

EU Backs Emergency Travel Curbs as Denmark Puts Up Controls
By James G. Neuger, Bloomberg News, May 12, 2011

European Union governments backed plans to strengthen emergency restrictions on passport-free travel, as Denmark became the latest country to challenge the border-free system......
No ‘Chain Reaction’

New rules will spell out exceptions to the no-passport policy while also preventing a “chain reaction” of border closings after one country imposes restrictions, said Hungarian Interior Minister Sandor Pinter, who chaired the meeting. No timetable was set for revamping the system.....

EU moves to end passport-free Schengen travel
By Nick Allen, The Telegraph, May 12, 2011

The European Union has moved toward reversing passport free travel across the continent amid fears of a wave of migrants fleeing unrest in north Africa.

At a special meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels, a majority of member states backed changes that would allow individual nations to restore controls at their borders.....

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EU Backs Emergency Travel