EU Urges Increased Border Control to Avoid Jihadi Attacks

The fight against the phenomenon of European jihadists must renew and coordinate policies of member countries. Schengen interior ministers of the European Union in Luxembourg on Thursday asked to step up border controls to ensure that travelers do not pose a security threat without endangering free movement. In everyone’s mind was the bombing of the Jewish Museum in Brussels allegedly committed by a French national who had just returned from fighting in the Syrian war.

The Council of Interior Ministers, devoted largely to the so-called foreign fighters returning from that conflict, adopted a set of measures to be set out in record time for the Community procedures: 15 days, according to the Spanish Minister, Jorge Fernandez explained Diaz. ” For security reasons we will not be more specific, but the measures have to do with the PNR directive [a controversial project to share passenger data between Member States] with the information system of Schengen and the European police (Europol), “said the interior minister. The outcome document also claims most frequently compare passenger information with the basis of which the national and European authorities to identify possible suspects. In addition to Europol, governments also want to involve Frontex, the EU border control agency, in the detection of these foreign fighters, the most conservative estimates put at more than 2,000 in Europe alone.

In that line responsible interior authorities will disclose information to the security forces. More troubles for ministers will also resurrect the controversial European register of passengers, the Parliament rejected in 2013 because invading privacy. The European Commission will present a new text to be agreed between MEPs and community Executives. Functions with the Commission after the elections of May 25, still no scheduled date.

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