The Schengen Area at Risk?
The Schengen agreement represents a territory that corresponds to the geographical area of European countries that signed the agreement, in which the free circulation of European citizens is guaranteed, without internal borders. Presently, the European Union faces important challenges, as the massive influx of asylum applications and the terrorist threat, these events have led some Member States as a measure of protection and security, reintroducing controls at your internal borders. However, the implementation of this security measure, including the reintroduction of internal borders is not the solution to the problem plaguing the European Union. Furthermore, it isn’t a direct consequence of refugees, request asylum to the European Union, fleeing war for lack of living conditions in their home countries, are terrorists, most likely, and as has been reported, the terrorists have free access and move easily within the Union, because they were European citizens. The solution to overcome these challenges, meets with the meaning of the word “Union”, the Member States must be united, cooperating with each other, either the police level, legal or in the exchange of information.
Dora Resende Alves . dra@upt.pt
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
Dora Resende Alves teaches European Union Law, History of Law, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Justice, Fundamental Rights and International Law at the Portucalense Infante D. Henrique University, in Oporto, Portugal – since 1993. After taking the law degree in 1993, Dora Alves has worked as a lawyer registered at The Portuguese Bar Association. She obtained a Master’s degree in Law – European Integration at Law Department from the University of Coimbra (Portugal) in 1997 and in 2015 she obtained a PhD in in Law at Vigo University (Spain).
Márcia Costa Bento . marciaccbento@gmail.com
Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique
Márcia Costa Bento is a researcher in the Law Department’s Investigation at the Portucalense Infante D. Henrique University, in Oporto, Portugal and a lawyer After graduating law school in 2011, she is working as a lawyer. She obtained a Master’s degree in Law at Portucalense Infante D. Henrique University. Since then, she has integrated the Portucalense University researchers group in the Law Department’s Investigation and started her work under her PhD in Law at Santiago de Compostela University (Spain).