French fears over influx of migrants from Mideast conflicts
France says it wants a mechanism to suspend visa-free travel around the European Union, after an influx of thousand of migrants fleeing the upheaval in Libya and Tunisia.
A French official said there should be a means to put the Schengen accord into abeyance when there is a systemic failure at an external EU border.
Daniel Griffiths reports.
23 Apr 2011
- From the section Africa