“It’s a deep crisis of the whole European Union. Free movement for 400 million Europeans is now seriously threatened. Introducing Schengen border controls again is a fatal mistake. It created already a domino effect,” Karl Kopp, who represents the group in the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, said.
On Tuesday, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel announced that up to one million asylum claims were expected to be lodged in the country by the end of 2015. According to Berlin, the capacity of the country to host refugees has already reached its limits.
After Germany introduced border control measures, several other countries, including Austria, Slovenia and Slovakia, followed suit, prompting concerns that it could lead to the Schengen borderless area collapse.
