Sentence examples for external frontiers from inspiring English sources

In return, of course, the 25 Schengen countries are supposed to protect their "external" frontiers.

But he urged countries to work towards reopening them as soon as possible, while increasing controls on Europe's external frontiers.

Proposals due on Wednesday could bring the European Union unprecedented powers to manage external frontiers when migrants arrive en masse.

That may seem a strange question for a state whose external frontiers have remained remarkably stable for 350 years.

The June summit should "examine the possibility of temporarily re-establishing internal frontier controls in case of exceptional difficulty in the management of the [EU's] common external frontiers".

But the logic of the free movement of people is that the more open the borders internally, the more tightly external frontiers must be managed.

"The porous nature of Europe's external frontier is already worrying many.

One official expressed disbelief, given that Belgium is far from Europe's external frontier.

UN customs officers already operate on the external frontier with Macedonia and Albania.

For the EU ministers the problem was not the loss of life but that tens of thousands were crossing Europe's external frontier without proper controls.

The new system would apply to the 25-nation Schengen group, which has abolished internal borders in favor of a single external frontier.