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| Subject: Statist Bastards: EU poised to restrict passport-free travel Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:56 pm | |
| European Union countries are poised to restrict passport-free travel by invoking an emergency rule to impose controls at several borders for two more years because of the migration crisis, according to EU documents seen by The Associated Press.
The switch will 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.
Read more: http://www.traveller.com.au/eu-poised-to-restrict-passportfree-travel-gmu1g2#ixzz40CYmMGef |
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