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EU: SCHENGEN EVALUATION: Outcome of proceedings of the Working Party for Schengen Matters

01 August 2010

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Outcome of proceedings of the Working Party for Schengen Matters - Schengen Evaluation (pdf) and Updated Schengen evaluation questionnaire (evaluation Nordic countries 2011) (pdf). The Outcomes/Minutes of the Working Party for Schengen Matters from July show that all the documents concerning the Schengen Evaluation process are "Restricted" - meaning they are not released to the public ("Restricted" is the lowest level of classified document). There are 27 "Restricted" documents listed in these Outcomes.

The questionnaire shows the detailed information gathered on border controls, databases used and exchanged, surveillance used, police cooperation and statistics gathered. One of the many questions asks: "What is the detection range of the cameras as regards human beings?". It should be remember that this mass of data is being gathered by the Council of the European Union (27 governments) and not the European Commission.

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