'Urgent' need to bolster EU external border controls:French PM

March 23, 2016 14:39

France's prime minister today said there was an "urgent" need to tighten controls on the European Union's borders after bombings in Brussels that left around 30 dead and were claimed by the Islamic State group.

"There is an urgent need to strengthen the external borders of the European Union," Manuel Valls told French radio, adding that heightened vigilance was required to stop people crossing into Europe with false passports, as IS has "stolen a large number of passports in Syria."

Europe is facing a security crisis after the Brussels attacks and those in Paris in November which revealed jihadists were easily moving between member states, several of them returning from battle in Syria.

Two of the suicide bombers involved in the Paris attack -- which left 130 dead -- were found with fake Syrian passports and several crossed into Europe posing as refugees.

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