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EU gives Greece three months to fix borders
http://www.france24.com/en/20160213-eu-gives-greece-three-months-fix-bordersEU gives Greece three months to fix borders
Latest update : 2016-02-13
The European Union took a step on Friday towards suspending its cherished free-travel Schengen zone for two years by setting a deadline for Greece to stem the chaotic influx of migrants into the bloc.
EU ministers give Greece three months to fulfil 50 recommendations to put its house in order - a target that officials and diplomats acknowledged few expect Athens to meet.
If it fails, the members of the zone will be able to trigger a hitherto unused mechanism to impose longer-term checks on internal frontiers for up to four periods of six months on the grounds that security on a part of the zone's external frontier has broken down.
"The point is not locking Greece out of Schengen. The point is, if the external border is not being controlled, it allows member states to keep the controls that are in place on their own internal borders," said an EU official.
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Being as Greece is in a new austerity program, $$$$$ are in short supply.
