Getting tighter with Slovakia’s border
Written by cd on December 22, 2006 – 1:51 pm -If you think it will be easy to travel from Czech to Slovakia as these two used to be under the same country, then think again. Czech prepares to enforce stricter border control at Czech-Slovak border.
Why?
Because it costs less to do that compared to having strict border control with other EU countries, namely Germany and Austria.
So?
Have you heard of Schengen Agreement, an agreement among EU members excluding UK and Ireland + non EU members Iceland, Norway and Switzerland to clear border check posts in these countries. 15/26 countries have implemented it so far. Czech, Slovakia are among those which have not implemented the agreement.
When Czech is ready to implement this agreement, people can travel freely from Czech to Western Europe. And this might poses a
Problem
Illegal immigrants, mostly from the Former Soviet Union, have easier access to spread to Western Europe.
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Russia->Belarus->Poland->Czech
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Russia->Ukraine->Slovakia->Czech
Since Slovakia has difficulty to meet Schengen Agreement’s requirements, Czech has to be strict on its former brother state.
Uh. Make sense?
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