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Romania and Bulgaria are planning to use the migrant crisis, trading their approval of quotas for access to the Schengen borderless area, the Daily Express has claimed.

Riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary's newly shut EU frontier on Sept. 16, while refugees at other Balkan borders clambered through cornfields in search of new routes. 

Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva has said that Bulgaria keeps insisting on being granted partial Schengen membership by air border.

The European Commission said on Sunday that Germany's decision to temporarily reintroduce border controls along its border with Austria underlines the urgency for all EU member states to agree on the proposed distribution of migrants under binding quotas.

Germany imposed border checks on Sunday, halting all train traffic with Austria after the country’s regions said they were unable to cope with the migrant into the country. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced the measures following record numbers of refugees, mainly from Syria, had caused the system to reach breaking point.

Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova assured that Bulgaria will fulfill its commitment to accept the refugees, who will be distributed from Greece, Italy and Hungary according to the new quota system unveiled by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday.

The European Commission said on Thursday that Bulgaria and Romania both meet the criteria to join the European Union's Schengen passport-free travel zone but it is not up to the EU's executive body to take a decision.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva stated on Wednesday that the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area is part of the solution to the unprecedented refugee crisis affecting Europe.

According to her, this was the case especially now that changes to guarding the external borders of the EU were being discussed.

Romania's Supreme Defence Council is to decide next week how many refugees the country can accomodate, but the number cannot exceed the current capacity of some 1,500 places in six reception centres, Prime Minister Ponta announced on Monday.

EU has no plans to abolish the Schengen system, B92 has been told at the European Commission.

As stated, no member has informed the European Commission about a temporary reintroduction of border controls.