Several countries are affected by this measure: Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Italy. To justify this request, our French neighbors put forward the argument of security and the phenomenon of illegal immigration. “Under serious threats to public order and internal security posed by high-level terrorist activities”we can read on the European Commission website.
“The growing presence of criminal networks facilitating irregular migration and trafficking, and migratory flows which risk being infiltrated by radicalized individuals, as well as irregular crossings at the Channel and North Sea borders, as well as the Rising violence among migrants, particularly in northern coastal areas like Dunkirk and Calais, are leading to tense and dangerous situations.”
“Temporary reintroduction”
Moreover, the 27 are gathered this Friday, October 18 to address the complex subject of migration.
The Schengen Borders Code (SBC) gives Member States the possibility to temporarily reintroduce control at internal borders in the event of a serious threat to public order or internal security.
This reintroduction is a prerogative of the Member States, which must be applied “as a last resort, in exceptional situations, and must respect the principle of proportionality”indicates the European Commission. This measure must be limited in time, “to the strict minimum necessary to respond to the threat in question”.
The Twenty-seven intend to toughen up the fight against irregular migration, without yet agreeing on “new means” to achieve this
