EU Considers Reinstating National Border ControlsTHE GUARDIAN: In response to intense pressure from France and Italy, European Commission to unveil new proposals on WednesdayBrussels said on Sunday that national passport controls might be reintroduced across Europe to allow the "temporary" re-erection of borders between 25 countries.Responding to intense pressure from Italy and France to tighten

Sarkozy and Berlusconi Find a Common Cause: Keep Immigrants OutTHE INDEPENDENT: Rules on free movement within Europe in doubt after crisis caused by influx of refugees from North African unrestThe leaders of France and Italy yesterday called for an overhaul of the system of passport-free travel across 25 European nations following alarm in Paris over the effect of a wave of migrants fleeing

Immigration: France and Italy to Propose European Border ReformTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH: France and Italy will on Tuesday present Brussels with an ultimatum to tear up the free travel European border rules that has been the EU's signature accomplishment for 16 years.Nicolas Sarkozy is holding emergency talks in Rome with Silvio Berlusconi after a row over Tunisian refugees threatened to spiral out of

Polémique Schengen : des Tunisiens de Lampedusa sont en FranceLE POINT: La plupart des migrants bloqués depuis des semaines à la frontière française peuvent désormais la franchir. Rencontre avec l'un d'entre eux.Le rendez-vous est pris dans l'arrière-cour d'un bar miteux de Villeurbanne, aux portes de Lyon. "Pas de photo", demande-t-il d'emblée, une cigarette à la bouche, en se retournant pour

France Threatens to 'Suspend' Schengen TreatyTHE DAILY TELEGRAPH: France has threatened to abandon European Union freedom of movement by “suspending” Europe’s Schengen Treaty due to an influx of Tunisian and Libyan migrants from Italy.Italy has given up to 26,000 illegal migrants six-month residence permits, allowing them to travel freely in the border-free Schengen zone, which covers all EU