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  {{cite web | title = Schengen area | url = http://www.immigration-residency.eu/counsel/schengen-area/ | date = 2013-09-20 | archiveurl = http://archive.today/dJ9VP | archivedate = 2013-09-20 }}
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  The Schengen Area is a group of 26 European countries that have abolished passport and immigration controls at their common borders. Schengen Area consists of twenty-two Member States of the European Union (EU) and four European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states. It functions as a single country for international travel purposes, with a common visa policy.
  The Schengen Area was established based on the Schengen Agreement (after the town in Luxembourg where it was signed) that led to the creation of Europe's borderless area in 1995. The treaty was signed on 14 June 1985 between five of the then ten member states of the European Economic Community. It proposed the gradual abolition of border checks at the common borders. Measures proposed included reduced speed vehicle checks which allowed vehicles to cross borders without stopping, allowing of residents in border areas freedom to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints and the harmonization of visa policies.