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Today, the European Commission is presenting a new Strategy to make the largest free travel area in the world – the Schengen area – stronger and more resilient.
The Schengen area is home to more than 420 million people across 26 countries. The removal of internal border controls between Schengen States is an integral part of the European way of life: almost 1.7 million people reside in one Schengen State and work in another. People have built their lives around the freedoms offered by the Schengen area, with 3.5 million people crossing between Schengen States every day.
Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op donderdag 3 juni 2021.
This Schengen strategy is about the European Union being stronger facing out and being freer facing in.
The Schengen area is the biggest area in the world for free movement, 420 million people. It is also important to know that 40% of our territory is an internal border territory. 30% of our citizens live in an internal border region, and 1.7 million people go every day to work in another Schengen country. 3.5 million people travel across internal Schengen borders every day. So this is a lot of achievements here that we really need to be very proud of.
Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 2 juni 2021.
Today, the European Commission is presenting a new Strategy to make the largest free travel area in the world - the Schengen area - stronger and more resilient.
The Schengen area is home to more than 420 million people across 26 countries. The removal of internal border controls between Schengen States is an integral part of the European way of life: almost 1.7 million people reside in one Schengen State and work in another. People have built their lives around the freedoms offered by the Schengen area, with 3.5 million people crossing between Schengen States every day.