Dijsselbloem - Refugee crisis could trigger 'mini-Schengen'

Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem arrives at a euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 9, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned that countries which fail to adequately guard Europe's borders and do not take in a fair share of refugees could find themselves outside the borders of a future "mini-Schengen" zone.

In an interview in Belgian business dailies De Tijd and L'Echo on Friday, Dijsselbloem, who is also the chair of the euro zone group of finance ministers, said the EU's passport-free Schengen zone could not work if only a few countries gave shelter to refugees.