Main reforms

To help tackle irregular migration, the system will boost the exchange of information and include alerts on non-EU nationals subject to a return decision.

“Member states at the moment don’t exchange information on whether a third country national has received a return decision or not. Due to this lack of information exchange, a third country national with the obligation to return can easily avoid this obligation, by going to another member state,” said Dutch EPP member Jeroen Lenaers, the other MEP in charge of steering the plans through Parliament.

Member states will now be obliged to share the details of terrorist acts with all member states and must also create alerts on terrorism and exchange information.

There will be new preventive alerts regarding children at risk of violence, forced marriage or parental abduction, as well as alerts to identify criminals and an increased use of biometrics.

There will be stronger data protection rules, including more means and supervision by data protection authorities.