Truckers fear migrants crisis will lead to more border controls


  • World
  • Thursday, 03 Sep 2015

LONDON (Reuters) - Truckers caught up in Europe’s migrant crisis say business is increasingly disrupted by queues and stowaways, but they are far more worried governments will step up border controls.

If the border-free zone within Europe were to disintegrate or be scrapped, it would call into question not only the road haulage industry's own, time-sensitive business model but the supply chains of industries across the continent, they say.

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