MEPs approve system to reinforce EU’s external borders

07.11.2019

MEPs approve system to reinforce EU’s external borders

False documents and identity fraud are often detected at the external borders of the EU.

A sharp increase in the fraudulent use of documents in the Schengen area in recent years has led to a European Commission proposal to reinforce the European Border and Coast Guard’s capacity to tackle this issue with a system, called False and Authentic Documents Online, which will help EU Member States rapidly share images of genuine, false and forged documents.

MEPs approved a Report on this issue drawn up by EPP Group MEP Roberta Metsola.

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