MOSCOW, December 16 (Sputnik), Svetlana Alexandrova – Stricter EU border protection measures could infringe on the basic rights of sovereign states, a member of the Austrian parliament from the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) told Sputnik on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed to create a European Border and Coast Guard to better protect the European Union's external borders.
He added that there was no need for such a move, because states affected the most by the migrant influx, such as Greece, had the means to control their own borders by themselves.
The commission's proposal came in the wake of a massive refugee crisis in Europe, as hundreds of thousands of people flee conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety and refuge in stable and prosperous EU states.
