Key facts
With the Schengen and Dublin (S/D) Agreements, the European Union (EU) aims to increase the security of its external borders and simplify co-operation between member states in the areas of justice, police, borders, visas and asylum. The EU continually adapts the original agreements and implementing decisions on S/D to the latest situation. In order to implement the European Agenda on Security, new legal bases are being drawn up and existing ones modified. Switzerland has been part of the S/D area since 2008 and is therefore obliged to implement the changes at national level.