Europe Split, Merkel Sidelined Over Refugee Crisis and Closed Borders

  15 February 2016    Read: 1054
Europe Split, Merkel Sidelined Over Refugee Crisis and Closed Borders
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking increasingly sidelined over her handling of the refugee crisis as the core members of the Visegrad group - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - threaten to split Europe over relocation and border controls.
Merkel has provoked anger after calling on all EU member states to participate in a mandatory relocation scheme whereby genuine refugees from war zones, or countries where people are likely to be persecuted against, are offered asylum throughout all the EU countries.

At Monday`s meeting of the Visegrad group — alongside Bulgaria and Macedonia — the leaders of the central European states are outlining their determination to avoid a compulsory relocation scheme and threaten to close their borders completely to stem the flow of migrants and refugees flooding into Europe.

Merkel is desperate not to oversee the collapse of the Schengen borderless Europe zone, but will have her work cut out at this week`s EU leaders` summit. The Visegrad group is calling for a `Plan B`, closing the border with Greece and Macedonia.

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