Germany and France say no more open EU borders — Schengen to end?

Germany and France are proposing a bill which may impose border security checks on EU countries. They wish to tackle rising illegal immigration problems.

The Schengen Agreement was signed in 1985 and it allowed EU citizens to easily pass from country to country within the Eurozone.

With the current open-borders system, illegal immigration from third-party countries into Europe has become a huge problem, especially during the economic crisis.

According to Reuters over 90% of illegal immigrants cross the Greek border with Turkey. From there, with no check points between Eurozone countries, it is easy for them to move around... read full article.