EU strains to cope with Middle East exodus

The future of the passport-free Schengen zone has been cast into doubt as the European Union struggles to get to grips with the migrant crisis.

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Some 2,000 migrants arrive in Greece every day

The future of the Schengen zone of passport-free travel is "in serious doubt" as European Union countries seek permission to prolong border controls for up to two years amid the immigration crisis, says Jacopo Barigazzi in Politico. So far, six countries in the 26-country Schengen area have reintroduced border controls: France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Austria.

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Emily has worked as a journalist for more than thirty years and was formerly Assistant Editor of MoneyWeek, which she helped launch in 2000. Prior to this, she was Deputy Features Editor of The Times and a Commissioning Editor for The Independent on Sunday and The Daily Telegraph. She has written for most of the national newspapers including The Times, the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The Daily Mail, She interviewed celebrities weekly for The Sunday Telegraph and wrote a regular column for The Evening Standard. As Political Editor of MoneyWeek, Emily has covered subjects from Brexit to the Gaza war.

Aside from her writing, Emily trained as Nutritional Therapist following her son's diagnosis with Type 1 diabetes in 2011 and now works as a practitioner for Nature Doc, offering one-to-one consultations and running workshops in Oxfordshire.