25/08/2020 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission said on Tuesday 25 August that the installation of barriers (or fences) for the control of external borders “is not, as such, contrary to European law”, but that these measures must “be proportionate and comply with fundamental rights resulting from the EU agreement on asylum, in particular the principle of non-refoulement”. The Greek government announced on 24 August that the cement and barbed wire fence erected in 2012 along...