EU is poised to restrict passport-free travel

Associate Press (AP) ^ | 12 February 2016 | Derek Gatopoulos, Raf Casert

[Lorianne]

European Union countries are poised to restrict passport-free travel by invoking an emergency rule to keep some border controls for two more years because of the migration crisis and Greece's troubles in controlling its border, according to EU documents seen by The Associated Press.

The switch would reverse a decades-old trend of expanding passport-free travel in Europe.

Since 1995, people have been able to cross borders among Schengen Area member countries without document checks. Each of the current 26 countries in the Schengen Area is allowed to unilaterally put up border controls for a maximum of six months, but that time limit can be extended for up to two years if a member is found to be failing to protect its borders.

[john drake]

Hmmmmm, I wonder if Greece is really having trouble controlling its border or is it dumping muslims into Germany to get even with its debt problems, or worse, taking monies behind the scenes to do so? Hmmmmmmm......beware of Greeks who bear gifts.

[spokeshave]

..probably because the grave yard on Lesbos is full....bodies being washed up all over the Aegean islands.

[Sacajaweau]

First you cause the Muslim problem, then try to reverse it.

Trump's plan is to stop it before it starts. Imagine that.

Cruz jumped on Trump's bandwagon and said no immigrants from any of the Muslim dominated countries....without using a religious based criteria. Cruz is really, really clever....except it's the exact same thing.

[cassiusking]

Putin paid off the Greeks to let all these refugees swarm in and get a foothold in Europe. They then travelled unrestricted to the richer ones to wreck havoc

[Iron Munro]

[VanDeKoik]

The Schengen Area is a great idea, and has been in terms of economics and tourism for those involved. We’ve had the same thing here in the U.S. for 239 years.

The problem, like America, is that they failed to protect the borders of the E.U. from invasion, so now they have to rush to create borders all over the interior of the EU. Now some people cannot even get to work in a timely manner.

I’m almost wondering if our border situation is not fixed soon that you wont start seeing border checks between the states.

[bert]

the checks can be profiling

Any one down south in a car with Massachusetts or Vermont tags will get pulled over. Ditto NYC tags

[mac_truck]

Any news on who has been funding the refugee stampede from North Africa and the Middle East?

[I want the USA back]

About a year late. Do it, and send the savages back to savage land.

[Organic Panic]

Who will be the first to cry;