February 28, 2020 / By mobanmarket
As European leaders try again to come up with solutions to the migration crisis and save the passport-free Schengen zone, the European Commission will set out a roadmap aimed at restoring order to the EU’s borders, according to a draft obtained by POLITICO.
One of the main priorities in a draft of the roadmap, to be published on Friday, is a call to speed up implementation of an EU border and coast guard service, a move proposed by the Commission in December.
“By November 2016 at the latest, the European Border and Coast Guard should be made fully operational,” states the document, which is called “Restoring the full functioning of the Schengen area.”
The roadmap also lists December 2016 as “the target date for bringing to an end the exceptional safeguard measures,” referring to internal border controls reintroduced by the likes of Germany and Austria.
March 12 Greece to come up with an action plan on implementing the 50 recommendations made by the Council to restore external border controls.
March 16 Commission to issue a proposal on reform of the Dublin agreement, the European law that forces refugees to seek asylum in the country through which they entered the EU.
March 22 (at the latest) Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to launch additional calls for European border guard teams and technical equipment to support frontline member countries (the deadline for submissions is April 1).
April 12 Commission to present its assessment of the action plan presented by Athens on March 12.
April 11-17 Evaluation of the Schengen system in Greece. Experts will examine Greek sea, land and air borders and give an opinion on their effectiveness.
May 12 Greece to report on its implementation of the Council recommendations. “If serious deficiencies in external border control were to persist,” the document states, the Commission will present a proposal under article 26 of the Schengen regulation. This allows countries that have reintroduced internal border controls to extend them for a maximum of two years. “The Commission will be prepared for this eventuality and would act without delay,” says the document.
June Council to reach agreement on the EU border and coast guard and present its assessment on sending migrants back to Greece using the Dublin agreement. That has not happened since 2011 when Greece was de facto excluded from the Dublin system because of failings in its asylum system.
September EU border and coast guard to be “operational.” By November at the latest, it should be “fully functional.”
December “If the overall situation allows,” Schengen could return to “normal.”
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