British holidaymakers heading to France soon are being warned of delays from November 1, as border checks will be reintroduced. France has joined six other countries in the Schengen Area in reintroducing border checks to combat illegal migration and terrorism. They will be conducted for travellers entering the country by road or train, for an initial six month period on France's borders with Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy.
They will be spot checks instead of inspections of every person. Germany recently made a similar move and the change from France marks a significant change in the country's border control since the establishment of free travel and the removal of checks under the Schengen agreement in 1995. Do you have a story to tell us? Email us at webtravel@reachplc.
com According to the official website of the European Union there are "serious threats to public policy, public order, and internal security posed by high-level terrorist activities, the growing presence of criminal networks facilitating irregular migration and smuggling, and migration flows that risk infiltration by radicalised individuals, as well as the irregular crossings on the Channel and North Sea borders, along with rising violence among migrants, particularly in northern coastal areas such as Dunkirk and Calais, leading to tense and dangerous situations involving both migrants and law enforcement; borders with Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, the Swiss Confederation, Italy, an.
