RIGHT SPEAK: INVASION OF EUROPE: The New Iron Curtains

A quarter of a century after the iron curtain fell Europe

is building walls again

EUROPE is fortifying its borders with barbed wire fences in response to the migration crisis engulfing the continent.

Barely a week goes by without another European nation erecting a partition, signalling what many believe is the end of the Schengen zone and the dream of free movement.

One week ago Macedonia joined the long list of countries that have buckled under the strain and installed a barrier to halt the huge wave of migrants fleeing war, poverty and persecution.

Macedonia soldiers guard their border with Greece

Here we detail the border fences shooting up across Europe…

November 2015

Macedonia is the latest country to erect a border fence.

The tiny, landlocked state has begun building a fence along its border with Greece, blocking a key transit route for migrants travelling from Turkey to northern and western Europe.

Macedonia insists it will allow those fleeing war-zones to continue to pass through, meaning people fleeing from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq can continue to cross.

Borders all over Europe are being fortified

But many others, including Iranians, Moroccans, Pakistanis and Eritreans will have their journey’s halted.

Earlier in the month, Slovenia began building a razor-wire fence along its frontier with Croatia to stem the estimated 30,000 migrants that were arriving at its borders every day.

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Prime Minister Miro Cerar said the "technical barrier" would be used to direct the flow of refugees rather than permanently close the 400-mile border.