(ANSAmed) - Luxembourg, April 21 - EU interior ministers on
Thursday agreed to set up an agency of cost guards and EU border
guards, starting talks with the European Parliament, Dutch
Migration Minister and duty president Klaas Dijkhof announced to
European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos. The aim
is to have the dossier voted on in the EU parliament so it can
return to the EU leaders' summit on June 28-29. The timescale
envisages that the new border guards will become operative in
August and fully operational in September. Greater controls at
the EU's external borders are a prerequisite for preserving the
Schengen border-free zone at a time when many internal border
have been re-erected.
photo: Avramopoulos
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