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Denmark criticises Sweden's border checks to curb migrants

New border checks imposed by Sweden on travellers from Denmark have come into force, in a bid to curb the flow of refugees. The Danish government has

Sweden

Sweden imposes border checks to stem flow of migrants

For the first time since the 1950s Sweden is imposing border checks on rail and road travellers entering the country from neighbouring Denmark. It’s

World News

EU plans for a new border and coastguard agency

What is being proposed? The European Commission is proposing to establish a new border and coastguard agency that would have a wider mandate and more

World News

Swedish railway operator suspends services to Denmark over controversial ID checks

All public transport operators that bring people into Sweden are now required to check that passengers have a photo ID

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Turkey

Turkey deploying 30 percent of army in Syrian border clampdown

Turkey is tightening security at its border with Syria. A fresco on a barracks building at the Köprübatı checkpoint, which overlooks radical Islamic

Europe News

Migrant crisis: EU plans to treble spending on border defence

The EU plans to treble spending on border defence, as it grapples with the migrant crisis. More than 300 million euros would be ploughed into a new

Europe News

EU answers to refugee crisis 'against common sense,' says Hungarian minister

Hungary says controversial plans to create a new EU border force, which could intervene in a country without its permission, would violate “national

Europe News

Hungary, Poland oppose EU border force plan

An EU plan to create a new border force that could intervene in a country without the permission of the government is already under fire. The

Europe News

EU plans new border force

The European Commission wants to create a border agency that could take control of the EU’s external frontiers, according to documents seen by

Greece

EU border force could target migration problem spots

Germany and France have proposed a new EU rapid response border control force. It could, in theory at least, be deployed in member states without

World News

Migrants: fences, funds and claims of discrimination

Work is getting underway on a wire fence to control the flow of migrants from Slovenia to Austria. This is the first time a barrier has gone up

World News

EU's interior ministers grapple with PNR data and border controls

The thorny but now pressing issue of airlines’ Passenger Name Records concentrated minds at the latest meeting of EU Interior ministers. More

Europe News

Schengen under pressure after terror attacks

Random checks on the French-German border. This could become a more common sight after the bloodshed in Paris two weeks ago. France wants tighter

World News

Aid agencies fear for thousands of migrants with new border controls in western Balkans

In Greece’s main port of Piraeus the ‘Ariadne’ docked with over 1500 migrants on board. But around 85 of them were detained after it was discovered

France

Paris: what is the story behind the Syrian passport?

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more

World News

Schengen: more fences and more checks mean increasing strain

Austria says it plans to build a 3.7 kilometre fence along its border with Slovenia. It is the first time a barrier will have been erected between

Sweden

Sweden introduces border controls

Sweden has introduced temporary border checks in an effort to control the increasing flow of immigrants in to the country. The measures came into

China

China-US: reef row gets real

Tensions are on the rise in the South China Sea. The USS Lassen reportedly breached the 12-mile exclusion zone imposed by China around the Subi and

World News

EU's long march towards refugee solution continues in Brussels

The EU summit of central and eastern European states grinds on in Brussels as the participants try to get agreement on dealing with the refugee

Slovenia

Slovenia gives army more power amid migrant crisis

Slovenia’s given its army new powers to help police guard its state borders as thousands of migrants continue to pour into the country from Croatia