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"The problem is not which criteria need to be met to be part of the Schengen area, or whether we need to add others on a case-by-case basis; the problem is Schengen itself. The Schengen Agreement has considerably weakened the European Union’s external borders, creating an influx of potential illegal immigrants at the borders’ weakest links. One of the countries concerned today has a common border with Turkey, which is both a country of origin and a country of transit for this illegal immigration. Greece, although ‘helped’ by Frontex, is having tremendous difficulty in controlling its own border with this neighbour, to the point where it is envisaging building a wall. Controlling borders, including internal borders, and the flows that go through them, whether goods, capital or people, is becoming more crucial everyday for our countries. Controlling a border does not mean making it impenetrable. Everyone should understand that. Aware of the harmful effects Schengen is having on my country and wishing it would withdraw from Schengen, I consequently refuse to make others suffer the same fate."@en1

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