Review article
Schengen Regime for Administering EU external borders
Saša Šegvić
Abstract
The area of Europe during its more recent history (after World War II) has been marked by huge and radical changes regarding its border regime and the role of borders. From the rigorously guarded borders and the very complex procedure for entry into the area between Western and Eastern Europe we have borne witness to the liberalization of the border regime. The former ‘ hermetically’ closed borders which posed great business and political hindrances have become considerably more open and the movement of people, ideas and goods has become more liberal. The regime for EU external border administration is going through an unprecedented transformation. This has been manifested by the speedy creation of legal frameworks and institutionalization. Within the implementation of a new system of EU external border supervision, in particular its practical application, many controversial problems have arisen. In this paper, the author, by analyzing the existing regulations and their practical application, attempts to demonstrate some of the fundamental controversies and noted problems, the resolution of which could result in the establishment of a more quality system of supervision of the Schengen external borders in particular regarding the protection of fundamental human rights.
Keywords
Schengen instruments; EU; external borders; external border supervision; movement of people; goods; services and capital
Hrčak ID:
66400
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Publication date:
5.4.2011.
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