Money quote(s):
"Dear me, what is it I see? A certain lack of faith in the effectiveness of the Schengen agreement. It seems that Germany and France are discussing the possibility of reintroducing national border controls to deal with illegal immigration. But was (not) Schengen and the general common border policy supposed to be the best weapon against illegal immigration?"
The evaporation of national border controls within the (European) Schengen zone puts the entire burden of illegal immigration on periphery states (plus international sea- and airports). It also means that residency restrictions on asylum seekers, once admitted to any state in the Schengen zone, are illusory.
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