Posts Tagged border control
Shackled by Schengen – time for a policy rethink?
Posted by Natalie Hamill in European Union on 28/04/2011
The civil strife in North Africa is having a dramatic effect on one of the EU’s most ambitious, yet controversial, policies – the Schengen agreement. With unprecedented numbers of migrants arriving at its southern borders, the EU must revamp its Schengen policy or risk fuelling tensions between member states.
EU Schengen Shambles
Posted by Natalie Hamill in European Union on 02/02/2011
So far, 2011 is not proving to be a very decisive year for the EU. A month of mulling over Hungary’s untimely media clamp-downs, a series of vague statements urging ‘dialogue’ as the protests in North Africa escalate, and now, dithering over what to do with Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the EU Schengen zone (due in the next couple of months). With several member states openly voicing opposition against the countries’ imminent entry, there is growing confusion as to how the ‘readiness’ of the two countries should be assessed, and even whether they should be allowed to enter the Schengen zone independent of one another.