On Tuesday 25 October, Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos announced in Strasbourg that the European Commission has decided to allow five countries, four of them EU member states, to extend controls along internal Schengen borders for a further three months from 12 November 2016. The countries in question – Germany, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and Norway – are asked to look into the option of implementing alternative measures.
In its roadmap for a return to Schengen, published...