Dies ist eine HTML Version eines Anhanges der Informationsfreiheitsanfrage 'Schengen border controls'.


 
  
 
 
 
Ref. Ares(2019)6921356 - 08/11/2019
 
  
 
 
12 April 2019 
  
  
 
Ministry of Justice 
Commissioner for Migration,  
 
Minister for Home Affairs 
Home Affairs and Citizenship 
Dimitris Avramopoulos 
 
Dear Commissioner, 
I would like to inform you that the Swedish government is contemplating a 
decision to temporarily reintroduce border control at the Swedish internal 
borders. The control would be carried out for six months as from 12 May 
2019. Other measures at our disposal have, after detailed consideration, been 
deemed insufficient.  
The decision would be taken in accordance with article 25 of the Regulation 
(EU) no 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a 
Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders 
(Schengen Borders Code).  
The scope of the border control may extend to all internal borders, be it 
land, sea or air borders, whereby the specific border sections and border 
crossing points would be determined by the Swedish Police Authority, 
following a continuous risk analysis. However, the scope would be limited to 
what is strictly necessary to respond to the threat to public policy and 
internal security and constantly adapted to the relevant circumstances. 
The serious threat to public policy and internal security in Sweden remains. 
The terrorism threat level in Sweden remains at the current elevated level 
(level 3 out of 5) which is the same level as on 7 April 2017 when Stockholm 
experienced a terrorist attack. Shortcomings in the protection of the external 
borders still persist and contribute to this threat, as they enable potential 
terrorists and other criminals to enter the Schengen territory unnoticed.  
The reintroduction of border control at the internal border is truly a last 
resort. The current Swedish legislation does not allow for police checks on 
persons in the border areas in line with the Commission’s Recommendation 
 
Telephone: +46 8 405 10 00 
Postal address: SE 103 33 Stockholm 
Fax: +46 8 20 27 34 
Street address: Rosenbad 4 
Web: www.regeringen.se 
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from 12 May 2017. Such measures also seem insufficient compared to the 
effect of border checks as part of a reintroduced border control at the 
internal border. 
Please let me assure you that I do remain committed to the goal of returning 
to an area without internal border controls and a well-functioning Schengen 
cooperation as soon as the situation allows. 
 Yours sincerely, 
Mikael Damberg 
 
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