The European Commission (EC) came up with & nbsp; proposals for & nbsp; reform of the Schengen area against the background of the pandemic & nbsp; nbsp; crisis in & nbsp; EU countries bordering on & nbsp; Belarus. The EC & nbsp; proposes to create a new protection mechanism for the Schengen Agreement. “ The proposed Schegen protection mechanism aims to & nbsp; address situations where there is a serious threat to public policy or internal security that jeopardizes the overall functioning of the territory without & nbsp; internal border control '', & nbsp; & mdash; said in the & nbsp; message. In particular, the European Commission proposes, in the event of a recurrence of the situation on the border with Belarus, to take a number of measures, including reducing the number of existing checkpoints, strengthening measures to protect the external border of the EU, consideration of applications refugees for
