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EU funds have contributed to the deployment of 545 border surveillance systems between 2007 and 2010 (Photo: Nikolaj Nielsen)

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EU parliament targets 'unlawful' border checks

The European Parliament is voting on a report that describes the reintroduction of internal border checks by a half dozen member states as unlawful.

The author of the paper, Portuguese centre-right MEP Carlos Coelho, told EUobserver that national governments were putting the EU's passport-free Schengen zone and the free movement of its 400 million people in danger.

He is demanding the European Commission take stronger action, given that its plans to have the internal controls lif...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

EU funds have contributed to the deployment of 545 border surveillance systems between 2007 and 2010 (Photo: Nikolaj Nielsen)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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