(VOVworld) – Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper cited several diplomatic sources on Saturday that a group of EU countries want an extension of border controls to cope with Europe's migration crisis. If EU interior ministers approve, the border controls which is due to lapse in May will be in effect for a further 1 to 1 and half year. The issue will be discussed in Amsterdam on Monday.

Migrants stand in front of a barrier at the border with Hungary near the village of Horgos, Serbia, September 15, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

Earlier at the 2016 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, EU leaders warned that the bloc will be broken unless member countries are unanimous in solutions to the migration crisis and security challenges.