Schengen and migration rights should not be compromised in crises

Schengen and migration rights should not be compromised in crises

Restrictions at the EU's internal borders should be re-introduced in crises only as a last resort and with EU consensus, in ways that minimise disruption for border regions, and are limited in time, the European Committee of the Regions has said in response to European Commission proposals to change the Schengen Border Code. The revisions – which would cover the 'Schengen Area' that enables free movement within 22 EU and non-EU countries – follow the experience of uncoordinated closures of national borders during the COVID pandemic.  (...)