EU Planning to Tighten Border Crossings and Passport Controls
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Skift Take
We are used to seeing more red tape coming out of Brussels than real security planning, so we'll be surprised if this actually works.
Beset by the refugee crisis and fears of terrorism, the European Union floated plans to stiffen its external border controls for Europeans and non-Europeans alike.
EU governments will tighten up on passport checks at airports and land and sea entry points, backed up by an EU- flagged border patrol that can intervene in emergencies as when refugees overwhelmed Greece’s islands this year.
Higher barriers at the outer borders are meant to preserve the “Schengen” system of passport-free travel between 26 European countries, which makes trips between them like driving or flying between Ameri
