Tag: Schengen Information System
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Order or hint from Germany? Police check left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis before protest in hotel

Shortly before the large demonstration “No Kings” in Rome, officers checked the left-wing EU MEP Ilaria Salis in her hotel room in Rome and asked her questions. The police allegedly referred to an order from Germany. That would not be…
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Schengen Information System: 41 million daily searches in Europe and a increase in manhunts for persons

Member states receive almost 1,100 hits from the Schengen Information System every day. The number of people searched has risen by more than 50 per cent in four years. France, Germany and Italy are power users. The Schengen Information System…
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Refusal of entry for Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful: German Police must lift his Schengen ban immediately

Internet postings do not justify an entry ban to the Schengen area. The British-Palestinian doctor Abu-Sittah should be silenced, criticises his lawyer. The Potsdam Administrative Court has ruled in summary proceedings that an entry ban issued by the Federal Police…
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New Schengen Border Code leads to 70 % more warrants and alerts stored by German police in SIS

European police authorities have always used the SIS primarily for migration defence. A change in the law is exacerbating this trend. Specific checks with searches are also on the increase. The number of entries in the Schengen Information System (SIS)…