1.   Community leaders want to strengthen controls at external frontiers.

2.   But on the other hand, opponents say, the broader the Schengen agreement becomes, the more unwieldy the external frontier will become.

3.   China can keep her troops on the external frontiers of Tibet, and Tibetans will pledge to accept the appropriate form of union with China.

4.   Reluctant to build another Iron Curtain with militarized fences and fortified walls, Europeans have settled for an external frontier patrolled mainly by guards and gadgetry.

5.   U.N. customs officers already operate on the external frontier with Macedonia and Albania.

6.   In response, the EU executive Commission has proposed an EU border police to patrol the external frontiers.

7.   In response, the EU Executive Commission is proposing the creation of an EU border police to patrol the external frontiers.

8.   In response, the EU executive Commission is proposing the creation of an EU border police force to patrol the external frontiers.

9.   On Thursday, border-troop commanders from member states were meeting in Minsk to discuss a treaty on the commonwealth external frontiers.

10.   The abolition of internal border controls has been a cornerstone of the union, but it requires a reinforcement of the external frontiers.