Schengen

schéngen English Pronunciation en /ˈʃɛŋ.ən/ /ˈʃɛŋ.ɡən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Schengen.wav Southern England Proper noun en town in southeastern c/Luxembourg. en politics The Schengen Agreement: a treaty between countries in continental Europe abolishing mutual border controls and standardizing visa policy. en 2004 Imelda Higgins; Kay Hailbronner Migration and Asylum Law and Policy in the European Union: FIDE 2004 National Reports Cambridge University Press 9780521605588 135 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. The Schengen Area; the area over which the Schengen Agreement applies. 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 9780215057235, page 8 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. en 2016 Andrea de Guttry; Francesca Capone; Christophe Paulussen Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond Springer 9789462650992 310 Risk indicators avoid the need for checks of police databases for all persons entering Schengen en 2024-05-04 Geneva Abdul and Kim Willsher UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/uk-surgeon-who-described-gaza-massacre-denied-entry-to-france The Elysée said it was not aware of Abu-Sitta’s being refused entry to France but a spokesperson told Le Monde: “When it’s a question of a Schengen refuse, the border police can’t do much about it.” https://web.archive.org/web/20261023002418/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/uk-surgeon-who-described-gaza-massacre-denied-entry-to-france 23 October 2026 en Larry Madowo Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/travel/africans-europe-schengen-denied-visas-applications 2025-05-21 The Cameroonian’s case is unique as many Africans denied Schengen visas rarely appeal or contest the decisions in court. https://web.archive.org/web/20260307153805/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/travel/africans-europe-schengen-denied-visas-applications 7 March 2026 Derived terms en Schengen realm Schengen Agreement Schengen Area Schengen visa Translations city in Luxembourg Arabic: ar شينجن m šengen, ar شينغن Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 申根 Shēngēn Georgian: ka შენგენი German: de Schengen n Japanese: ja シェンゲン Shengen Luxembourgish: lb Schengen Macedonian: mk Шенген m Russian: ru Шенге́н m, ru Ше́нген m Finnish Etymology From fi lb Schengen. Pronunciation šengen Noun fi noun fi town c/Luxembourg Schengen short for Schengenin sopimus, the Schengen Agreement Declension internal Schengen Schengenissä sg Schengen ä 0 Derived terms fi compounds Schengen-alue Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor de:Schengen + 1 Pronunciation Xénguen Proper noun m pt politics en Schengen the Schengen Agreement pt European politics en Schengen, Schengen Area the area over which the Schengen Agreement applies pt espaço Schengen