Sweden PM wants biometric passport controls at Schengen borders
Sweden will propose at an EU meeting on Friday the introduction of biometric passport controls at the external borders of Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, the prime minister said, following the attacks in Paris that killed 129 people. Stefan Lofven’s statement came a day after Swedish security police raised the terror threat level and said they […]
EU Weighs Passport Screening at Outer Borders for All Travelers
European Union citizens face the prospect of full passport checks when entering and leaving the bloc under an anti-terrorism proposal to be aired on Friday in Brussels, according to a draft statement. EU justice ministers will weigh “systematic and coordinated checks” at the bloc’s external borders, extending the full-blown screening that is currently limited to […]
Costa Rica detains Syrian woman traveling on falsified Greek passport
Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría International Airport. For illustrative purposes. Alberto Font/The Tico Times Costa Rican authorities on Thursday detained a Syrian woman with a Greek passport, two days after five Syrian men were arrested in Honduras while attempting to travel to the United States on fake passports. Public Security Minister Gustavo Mata told The Tico […]
Europe’s Welcome Sign to Terrorists
EUROPE’S open-border arrangement, which enables travel through 26 countries without passport checks or border controls, is effectively an international passport-free zone for terrorists to execute attacks on the Continent and make their escape. This is one of the most obvious lessons of the horrific terrorist attacks that struck Paris last week. And it offers one […]
France to urge EU to tighten passport checks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France wants the EU to tighten rules on passport checks on EU citizens entering and leaving the Schengen free-travel zone in the wake of the attacks in Paris, to make it harder for European jihadists to return from Syria unnoticed. The proposal, seen by Reuters on Thursday, is among several to be […]
Passport in Paris attacks fuels fears of Syrian refugees
A Syrian passport found in Greece. After a similar passport was found near the scene of the Paris terror attack, fears have grown that Syrian migrants could be terror suspects. (Santi Palacios, AP Photo) After the bombs and Kalashnikov fire of the Paris attacks, a mere document — a passport — found near the body […]
