The COVID-19 Emergency and the Reintroduction of Internal Border Controls in the Schengen Area: Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste

Abstract

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(1), 523-531 | European Forum Insight of 25 April 2020 | (Table of Contents) I. The COVID-19 crisis and the issue of borders and cross-border mobility. - II. The temporary reintroduction of controls at the Schengen internal borders in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and their legal bases. - III. The compatibility of COVID-19 emergency-related reintroductions of border controls with the SBC and their possible implications for the Schengen Area. - IV. Concluding remarks and future research paths. | (Abstract) The Insight analyses the wave of internal border control reintroductions following the COVID-19 outbreak. It addresses the relevant legal framework and discusses the possible implications for the Schengen Area, in the light of the recent practice of highly disputed prorogations of border controls and of the pending reform of the Schengen Borders Code.

Keywords

• covid-19 and the eu
• schengen
• internal border
• control
• reintroduction
• reform