Ya know, upon looking at the news, and the EU itself, I'm having a difficult time seeing where that claimed bigotry was.
https://euobserver.com/justice/137530
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EU starts border checks on everyone
BRUSSELS, 7. Apr, 09:29
National authorities will start imposing identity checks as of Friday (7 April) on everyone entering and leaving the European Union.
The move is part of a broader security crackdown, which follows a series of terror attacks in Paris and Brussels involving EU nationals that had fought alongside militant extremists in Syria and elsewhere.
"We still have a stock of 2,500 Europeans who are on the ground [Syria and Iraq] and we don't know how many, at what rhythm, and on which routes they will return here," the EU's counter terror coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove, told Belgian radio last month.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... trols.htmlQuote:
It came as the European Commission bowed to French fury and agreed to rewrite the Schengen code to ensure the systematic security screening of every EU traveller before they can enter the continent – a further erosion of the principle of free movement but something Mr Cazeneuve said was “crucial” to defend against terrorism.
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Under plans agreed at a meeting of interior ministers, by the end of the year every EU passport holder will be scanned against the Schengen Information System, a computer database used by Britain and other EU states that contains alerts for wanted criminals, terrorists and stolen passports.
At present, EU passport holders are subject to only a cursory visual inspection of a passport, with on average just one in 10 subject to a security check.
All migrants flooding into Europe will be subject to a full SIS and criminal records check, and extra border guards will be deployed to screen them. At present, they are only logged on an asylum database that has no security function. At least three of the eight gunmen are known to have fought in Syria, and at least two plus Abaaoud, the mastermind, sneaked into Europe along the Greek migrant trail.
https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what- ... control_enQuote:
The Schengen Borders Code provides Member States with the capability of temporarily reintroducing border control at the internal borders in the event that a serious threat to public policy or internal security has been established.
The reintroduction of border control at the internal borders must remain an exception and must respect the principle of proportionality. The scope and duration of such a temporary reintroduction of border control at the internal borders is limited in time and should be restricted to the bare minimum needed to respond to the threat in question. Reintroducing border control at the internal border should only ever be used as a measure of last resort.
The reintroduction of border control is a prerogative of the Member States. The Commission may issue an opinion with regard to the necessity of the measure and its proportionality but cannot veto such a decision if it is taken by a Member State.
https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what- ... borders_enQuote:
The "Smart Borders" Package was proposed by the Commission in February 2013. It follows the European Commission (EC) Communication of February 2008 suggesting the establishment of an Entry/Exit System (EES) and a Registered Traveller Programme (RTP).
It aims to improve the management of the external borders of the Schengen Member States, fight against irregular immigration and provide information on overstayers, as well as facilitate border crossings for pre-vetted frequent third country national (TCN) travellers.
Even though it could lean a bit toward the oversimplified, it may not be too far off the mark to say you were banned for thinking in a way similar to or even the same as the EU government and the French government.
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08 Apr 2017, 1:02 am
