The idea of expelling Greece from the Schengen area violates EU principlesThe European refugee debate reached a recent nadir ((n.) the lowest point of something) with a proposal to expel Greece from the Schengen zone and effectively transform it into an open-air holding pen for countless thousands of asylum seekers. The idea is not only inhumane and a crude violation of basic European principles; it also would prove vastly more costly than the alternative – a truly common EU policy that quells the chaos of the past year.
Six countries have already reimposed border controls,and the European commission is preparing to allow them, and presumably others, and to do the same for two years. The financial price of this alone is immense – in the order of at least €40bn (including costs to fortify borders and those incurred by travellers and shippers). It would be much less expensive,financially and politically, to set up a common EU border and coastguard, or a functioning EU asylum agency.
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Source: theguardian.com