MOSCOW (Sputnik) — EU member states have been struggling with an unprecedented influx of refugees as hundreds of thousands try to enter the bloc, fleeing violence in their crisis-ridden home countries.
Several EU states, including Germany and Austria, have reinstated border controls, with many others sending reinforcement to their frontiers.
"This spring we have already introduced temporary border control [in the past]. And we will not hesitate to do it again if we need to in the coming days or weeks, as the rules of the Schengen states permit to do this when circumstances require it," Valls said, addressing the lower chamber of the country’s parliament.
Earlier this month, French President Francois Hollande announced that the country would accept an additional 24,000 asylum seekers.
