European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said the tightening of controls was due to “criminals and potential terrorists” who could not be unnoticed. The EU is not a fortress, but we need to know who is crossing our borders.

 

Dimitris Avramopoulos outlined four aspects of the necessary measures. First of all, the documents that will be submitted for a visa and enter the Schengen database (VIS) must be automatically correlated with the databases of criminal police, anti-terrorist and migration services. In addition, it is necessary to check the possibility of potential use of fake and different names in the documents by the applicant.

 

Information on long-term visas and residence permits for non-European citizens in EU member states will need to be added to the database to control the cross-border movement of these persons.

 

The third point is needed to store information in a single database of persons who request a Schengen visa. This measure will allow border guards to identify, for example, migrants without documents, if they have previously applied for a visa. In addition, the visa database should be accessible to the EU security and border services for their investigations.

 

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