EU to extend by three months border checks in Schengen zone

‘The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, has moved to extend by three more months regulations requiring border controls in its visa-free travel area of Schengen.
The commission said on Tuesday that it was not yet on the position to restore full functioning with no border controls across the Schengen, recommending continued checks at the borders of Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and non-EU Norway for three months starting in November.
The European Commission was expected to allow the removal of the controls in Schengen, an area which includes 22 EU countries as well as Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, but it said a continued influx of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa into Europe was the main reason for missing the target.’
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