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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU leaders plan tougher border controls as more people claim asylum

Bulgarian border police officers patrol with a dog in front of the border fence on the Bulgaria-Turkey border near the village of Lesovo
Bulgarian border police officers patrol a border fence on the Turkish border. Austria’s chancellor said Bulgaria needed help with surveillance. Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images

EU leaders have agreed to toughen up border controls to keep out people trying to enter, with more funds pledged for cameras, drones and watchtowers at the bloc’s external borders.

The decision was published in the early hours of Friday after the 27 leaders met to discuss tighter control of the EU’s external frontier, in response to the highest number of people filing asylum applications since 2016.

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