THE SCHENGEN AREA, MYTH OR REALITY

Abstract

The Schengen Area was initiated following extensive discussions between France, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. It was officially established through an agreement signed in Schengen, Luxembourg, on 14th of June 1985. The signing of the Schengen agreement followed on the 19th of June 1990 and its enforcement started in 1995, removing the internal frontier controls among signing states, creating a single external frontier, with clear and common rules with respect to visas, migration, asylum, police cooperation, judicial or customs etc.

Keywords

• the Schengen Area
• European Union
• migrants
• migration routes
• extradition
• Frontex
• Europol