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Saving Schengen: How to protect passport-free travel in Europe
Report by Hugo Brady, 20 January 2012
The EU and migration: A call for action
Essay by Charles Clarke, 01 December 2011
Britain, Ireland and Schengen: Time for a smarter bargain on visas
Essay by Michael Emerson, 28 July 2011

The Schengen crisis in the framework of the Arab Spring

Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
European Institute of the Mediterranean, 19 December 2012

The Schengen area – the EU's zone of passport-free travel, which benefits 650 million travellers annually –is in trouble.
Cameron's European 'own goal': Leaving EU police and justice co-operation

Policy brief by Hugo Brady, 03 October 2012

David Cameron wants to pull the UK out of most EU co-operation on crime and policing by 2014. The move is bad for Britain.
Cameron's choice: Play to the gallery or keep Britain safe

Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 26 September 2012

Britain has a decision to make that has major implications for both its security and its influence within the EU. Should it opt out of most EU co-operation on crime and policing by 2014?
Why France is threatening to leave Schengen

Insight by Hugo Brady, 30 April 2012

President Sarkozy is using the EU's Schengen area as a political football. But French concerns over passport-free travel in Europe will persist after the elections.
Saving Schengen: How to protect passport-free travel in Europe

Report by Hugo Brady, 20 January 2012

Schengen countries must decide when Bulgaria and Romania should join, whether Greece should leave and how to work more closely with Turkey on border control.
Schengen's 'black swan' moment?

Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
E!Sharp, 19 December 2011

Europe's leaders are - understandably - focused on the euro crisis, pretty much to the exclusion of all else. But policy-makers should beware another calamity in 2012: a possible breakdown of the EU's Schengen zone of passport-free travel. Undoubtedly, these two troubled flagships of European integration share parallels.
The EU and migration: A call for action

Essay by Charles Clarke, 01 December 2011

All across the EU, voters are worried about immigration. Charles Clarke outlines the steps needed at EU level if governments are to tackle migration issues effectively.
Britain, Ireland and Schengen: Time for a smarter bargain on visas

Essay by Michael Emerson, 28 July 2011

Travellers to the Schengen area – the EU's passport-free travel zone – can move freely between most EU countries but need separate visas for Britain and Ireland, which maintain their own border controls.

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