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Systematic controls at EU external borders permanently adopted

Brussels, 07/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 7 March, the Council of the EU ratified the reform of the Schengen Border Code. This seeks to authorised systematic controls of all travellers, including Europeans, crossing the EU’s external borders. The European Parliament adopted this reform on 16 February (see EUROPE 11727).

The new regulation compels officials at air, sea and land borders to carry out controls of all travellers on the basis of police databases, such as the Schengen Information System or Interpol databases...