Three-quarters of a million "illegal aliens" now banned from Schengen area / Statewatch, 2005

http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/apr/08SISart96.htm
"Documents obtained by Statewatch show for the first time the country-by-country breakdown of Article 96 'alerts' (records) in the Schengen Information System. Article 96 is the category under which Schengen states register 'illegal aliens' - people to be denied access to Schengen territory on immigration, public order or national security grounds. The figures show that there is a massive discrepancy in the practise of Schengen states when it comes to registering 'aliens' on the SIS:"