EU Should Pay For Walls Against Migrants, 12 Nations Tell Bloc
- Governments say barriers are ‘effective border measures’
- Several countries plan new fences after inflows from Belarus
Polish security face migrants on the border with Belarus in Usnarz Gorny, Poland, in September.
Photographer: Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo
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Twelve member states have urged the European Union to pay for countries to build walls to prevent illegal migration, in a letter sent to the bloc’s executive arm.
Ministers from nations including Austria, Greece, Hungary and Poland describe “a physical barrier” as “an effective border measure that serves the interest of the whole EU, not just member states of first arrival,” according to the text of the letter seen by Bloomberg.