France and Italy seek tighter border controls

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ROME — Facing a surge in undocumented migrants from North Africa, the leaders of France and Italy called Tuesday for changes in the Schengen Agreement, which grants free passage across national frontiers in most of Western Europe. The appeal, in a joint letter to the president of the European Commission, represented a remarkable request to change a pact that has become one…

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France and Italy seek tighter border controls

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