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The Migration Collapse in Austria Threatens to Hit the Schengen Area

... with Hungary and Slovenia; in December 2015, the country started construction of barriers on the border with Slovenia ( 1 , 2 ). This effectively means that Austria has abandoned the principle of the transparency of internal borders as stated in the Schengen agreements. After the assaults on women that took place over the New Year, the Social Democrat Faymann criticized those who believe the refugees to be criminals, noting that “racism has no place in Europe”. Almost immediately, however, the Chancellor announced the suspension of the Schengen Agreement in Austria and the subsequent introduction of quotas on the number of asylum ...

05.02.2016

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Schengen: The Point of No Return is Getting Closer and Closer

... movement zone. The celebratory mood was overshadowed by the largest refugee crisis of the 21st century in the European Union. Until recently, disputes arising between states within the European Union boiled down to how to build a pan-European policy, with refugees entering Germany, France and other western countries. Now the crisis is threatening the Schengen Area as a whole. Despite the fact that that Schengen Agreement was signed in 1985, its provisions only started to come into force ten years later, when border controls were scrapped at the internal borders of seven states. Once the remaining EU members (with the exception of the United Kingdom ...

04.02.2016

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