Another Threat to the EU: Illegal Immigration

The agreement last week by EU ministers to impose tighter internal border controls comes in response to rising illegal immigration from the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings. The change in policy shows that the bonds holding the EU together are weakening in ways beyond the current sovereign debt crisis, although the two issues are intertwined, as LIGNET explains.

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