EU Weighs Year-End Target for Lifting Internal Border Checks
- European Commission publishes refugee-policy roadmap
- Focal point Greece is shown both carrots and sticks in plan
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The European Commission proposed an end-of-year target date for lifting internal border checks in Europe, offering Greece hope it won’t become a longer-term way station for Mideast migrants while keeping pressure on the country to register them.
The commission, the European Union’s executive arm, is seeking to establish a degree of policy coherence after the continent’s biggest refugee wave since the Second World War provoked political fights among EU governments.