Definition of "Schengen"

As is the case for the other Member States participating in Schengen, Greece issues, on the one hand, Schengen uniform visas, and on the other, national long-stay visas for stays exceeding three months.

2004, Imelda Higgins, Kay Hailbronner, Migration and Asylum Law and Policy in the European Union: FIDE 2004 National Reports, Cambridge University Press, page 135

One of the requirements in Schengen, quite practically, is that you have configure airports so that you can separate out your air travellers from those who are travelling within Schengen and those who are not.

2013, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign policy considerations for the UK and Scotland in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country: sixth report of session 2012-13, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, Stationery Office page 8

Risk indicators avoid the need for checks of police databases for all persons entering Schengen

2016, Andrea de Guttry, Francesca Capone, Christophe Paulussen, Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond, Springer, page 310

a spokesperson told Le Monde: “When it’s a question of a Schengen refuse, the border police can’t do much about it.”

Sat 4 May 2024 , Geneva Abdul and Kim Willsher, The Guardian