Border Controls

The coronavirus pandemic has seen many EU countries closing borders, potentially misapplying the rules of the Schengen visa-free travel area. Berlin is proposing new ways of keeping Europe's borders open while assuaging concerns over health and safety.

The UK government plans border posts, new technology and extra staff to cope with checks needed at entry points when the post-Brexit transition period ends.

The events came following an announcement by Turkey that it would open its border with Europe.

In this special edition of State of the Union, we took out the red sofa to ask people about their thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we speak to an MEP who lived through it as a young girl and look at the business of new walls in Europe.

Explosives training has always been a dangerous undertaking for security workers, but a special substance is designed to make officials and passengers safe