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Poland: stopping on the border.

biber | 19.04.2004 18:03

We get the first message about stopping on the border.


We get the first message about stopping on the border. At 15.th of april
one
of German activist was stopped on the ukrainian-polish border at Medyka,
when he tried to get in the polish area. The border officers told him
(with
no explanation, no document) that he's not allowed to travel to Poland
('zakaz wjazdu') until 30.th of april. They just told him, that "we have
you
in our computer, you must not travel to Poland."
Last year this activist was arrested during Anarchist Conference in
Warsaw.
Probably then police made some kind of datebase witch "dengerous
activists".
And- importand information - finally the border officers let him go to
Poland, but he must promised them, that he'll get direct train further to
Germany. At the polish-german border the borderguards already waited for
him, and he left Poland.

biber

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Schengen Information System catches on?

19.04.2004 19:55

Maybe the activist was listed in the Schengen Information System, Europe's largest database to collect data on stolen cars, migrants and activists. Resources:

European Union Website: The Schengen Agreement
 http://ue.eu.int/ejn/data/vol_c/9_autres_textes/schengen/kap_00en.html

Noborder Network: Basics on Schengen Information System
 http://www.no-racism.net/migration/sis_basics_engl141201.htm

Statewatch Feb 2004: From the Schengen Information System to SIS II and the Visa Information System (VIS): the proposals explained
 http://www.statewatch.org/news/2004/feb/summary-sis-report.htm

The Free Dictionary: Schengen Information System
 http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Schengen%20Information%20System

an undergraduate from exeter university collected data on Schengen:
 http://www.ex.ac.uk/politics/pol_data/undergrad/paterson/index.html

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