More EU border controls reinstated to check flow of refugees

More countries announced they were reinstating border controls to check the flow of refugees in a move that further threatens the existence of the Schengen area, and just hours after a landmark EU leaders’ summit on the refugee crisis.

Germany informed the European Commission it will extend its border controls first imposed in mid- September, and also intends using the Dublin system and send back refugees to the country where they first entered the EU, other than Greece.

This is expected to raise tensions especially if they send them back to Hungary that has introduced legislation criminalising refugees entering the country. Slovenia is also under pressure while many refugees’ first EU country after Greece is Bulgaria.