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Schengen: Europe's passport-free travel zone 'on brink of collapse'

The system that allows passport-free movement across Europe is feared to be on the brink of collapse as nations tighten their border controls because of the refugee crisis.

European Council president Donald Tusk has admitted it is a "race against time" to save the Schengen travel zone, which has operated for 30 years.

The council president spoke before another informal summit in Valetta dedicated to the issue of Schengen and urged: "We must hurry, but without panic."

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Tory backbencher's scathing criticism of PM's speech

David Cameron has been heavily criticised by his own backbenchers after setting out his objectives for the UK's renegotiation with the EU.

Jacob Rees-Mogg was not impressed with David Cameron's speech. Credit: ITV News

"You must know that this is pretty thin gruel - much less than people had come to expect from the Government," Jacob Rees-Mogg said in the House of Commons.

The MP for North East Somerset said Mr Cameron's speech had failed to set out how Britain would "restore control of our borders".

"It needs to do more. It needs to have a full list of powers that will be restored to the United Kingdom and to this parliament, not vacuously to parliaments plural."

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Schengen: Europe's passport-free travel zone 'on brink of collapse'

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