“Cooperation among border related EU law enforcement agencies” Klaus R ö s ler

1. “Cooperation among border related EU law enforcement agencies” Klaus Rösler Director of Operations Division Johannesburg, 17th March 2010

2. OBJECTIVES OF EU BORDER SECURITY • BORDER CONTROL • Border checks • Border surveillance CRIME PREVENTION SAFEGUARDING NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN VALUES AND INTERESTS CRIME PREVENTION INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION TRADE FACILITATION FACILITATION OF BONA FIDE TRAVEL ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND ORDER AT NATIONAL BORDERS

3. FRONTEX ON STAGE OPERATIONAL COOPERATION POLITICS LEGISLATION

4. EU INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT CONCEPT 5: COORDINATION OF ACTIONS (MSs + EU INSTITUTIONS) 1: BORDER CONTROL BORDER CHECKS BORDER SURVEILLANCE 4: INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION FOR BORDER MANAGEMENT RISK ANALYSIS CONTROL WITHIN THE AREA OF FREE MOVEMENT COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES BORDER CONTROL MEASURES IN THIRD COUNTRIES 3: “FOUR TIER ACCESS CONTROL MODEL” 2: DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF CROSS-BORDER CRIME

5. BORDER CONTROL 1: BORDER CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION BY THE MSs BORDER CHECKS COMMON LEGAL BASIS TRAINING BORDER SURVEILLANCE JOINT EU OPERATIONS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COMMON METHODOLOGY CIRAM EUROPEAN NETWORK FRAN RISK ANALYSIS COMMON SITUATIONAL PICTURE

6. COOPERATIONIN BORDER MANAGEMENT Supporting law enforcementpartners, cooperation with other institutions Respect of Fundamental Human Rights has high priority National Services of EU Member States and SAC FRONTEX EU Agencies and Bodies (EUROPOL, EUROJUST) National Services of Third Countries International Organisations (UNHCR, IOM,…) LIMIT: NO PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED

7. FRONTEX STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT BOARD • - EXECUTIVE SUPPORT - EXTERNAL RELATIONS • INFORMATION & TRANSPARENCY • PLANNING & CONTROLLING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR • - INTERNAL AUDIT • QUALITY MANAGEMENT DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OPERATIONS Division CAPACITY BUILDING Division ADMINISTRATION Division ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES RISK ANALYSIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT JOINT OPERATIONS TRAINING POOLED RESOURCES LEGAL AFFAIRS SITUATION CENTRE

8. MAIN FUNCTIONS AND TASKS Council RegulationNo 2007/2004 and 863/2007 • COORDINATESOPERATIONALBORDER SECURITYCOOPERATION BETWEEN THE EU MEMBER STATES • CARRIES OUT RISK ANALYSES (periodical and tailored) • SUPPORTS THE MSs IN ORGANISING JOINT RETURN OPERATIONS 4) ASSISTS THE MS INTRAINING OF BORDER GUARDS 5) FOLLOWS THE BORDER SECURITY RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6) ASSISTS THE MSs IN CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING INCREASED TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE • DEPLOYS RAPID INTERVENTION TEAMS TO MEMBER STATES • PROVIDES THE COMMISSION AND THE MEMBER STATES WITH NECESSARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EXPERTISE

9. RISK ANALYSIS PRODUCT PORTFOLIO PYRAMID Annual Risk Analysis Semi-ARA FRAN Quarterlies Tailored Risk Analyses Tactical Focused Assessment Weekly Analytical Briefing Evaluation Analytical Report OPERATIONAL STRATEGIC - long term - short term

10. ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS 105,000 -37% Top nationalities (confirmed or claimed) Albania -9% Afghanistan -39% Somalia -29% Palestine +78% Iraq -57%

11. 114,000 - 6% REFUSALS OF ENTRY No valid visa 38% No justification for stay 30%

12. 10,100 FORGEDDOCUMENTS Nationalities Nigeria 600 Ukraine 500 Turkey 400 Afghanistan 400 Mostly using forged EU travel documents

13. OPERATIONAL INTENSITY Operational Days Growth 24% Growth 73% Growth 93% Growth 58%

14. MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMMES Focal Points Pulsar European Patrols Network Poseidon 2010

15. OBJECTIVES FOR MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMMES • Awareness • to increase gathering information and gaining intelligence; • to increase identification process of persons intercepted during maritime activities; Response • to strengthen surveillance and border control aiming to detect more migrants and facilitators • to further develop platforms for effective border security and flexible deployment in a long-term perspective;

16. OBJECTIVES FOR MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMMES • Interoperability • to increase the coordinated horizontal cooperation among Member States and with EU organizations; • to increase the capacity of permanent structures (EPN, FP) as a contribution of further development of EUROSUR; Performance • to further develop mapping processes; • to emphasize respect of fundamental human rights;

17. RA – BASED OPERATIONS SEA BORDERS 2010 EPN General JO Focal Points 2010 Sea JO EPN Indalo JO EPN Hermes JO EPN Poseidon 2010 Sea JO EPN Hera JO EPN Minerva JO EPN Chronos

18. RA – BASED OPERATIONS AIR BORDERS 2010 Full flexible operational approach of PULSAR Multi Annual Programme • targets on all levels based onRA: • specific nationalities • all irregular migration coming from specific third country airports /hubs • any emerging phenomena Regional approach JO HAMMER EU wide approach JO HUBBLE Local approach JO Meteor (massive deployments) JO Focal Point (establishing platforms)

19. RA –BASED OPERATIONS LAND BORDERS 2010 JO Mars JO Focal Points 2010 Land JO Jupiter JO Neptune JO Poseidon 2010 Land

20. RETURN ACTIVITIES 2010 – MAIN OBJECTIVES • to extend pre-return assistance to MS in the fields of identification and acquisition of travel documents • to continue assisting in JRO, further developing the capacity and encourage MS to take proactively a leading role in JRO • to increase common understanding of respecting fundamental human rights during operational activities • to develop procedures for chartering aircrafts by Frontex • to further develop thebest practice documents with focus on forced-return monitoring system

21. JOINT RETURN OPERATIONS 2006-2010

22. TRAINING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Targeted specialised training: Harmonised basic training: Fundamental Rights CCC (all EU languages) 3rd countries training False documents Air – Naval crew training Mid-level course Joint return training Detection of stolen cars Dog handlers training RABIT training

23. EXTERNAL RELATIONS - PRIORITIES External Cooperation –State of Play and Priorities Frontex/RELEX priority + Art 14.1 / Art 13 Cooperation highly recommended. Can RF Frontex focus on Implementation of WA’s + CP’s. RELEX to develop and update CP’s. Eastern Europe WB Centr. Asia SC US TR In focus of RELEX. China MEDIT. EM WEST AFR. Viet. Possible topical RELEX issue or approach. EU Missions Nig. Reg. Init. BRA Return 3rd C HUBs

24. COOPERATION WITH 3rd COUNTRIES IN FORCE STATE OF PLAY EUROPOL INTERPOL TARGET INTERPOL NEGOTIATIONS CEPOL UNHCR ALBANIA USA IOM COUNCIL SG CROATIA BRAZIL EMSA CFCA FYROM CANADA RUSSIA SERBIA UNITED RUSSIA CHINA CIS BELO BELARUS Bosniaand Herzegovina MONTENEGRO UKRAINE UKRAINE UKRAINE . . MOLDOVA MOLDAVIA MOLDAVIA MOROCCO ALGERIA GEORGIA CROATIA WEST BALKANS BOSNIA - TUNISIA MAURITANIA HERCEGOVINA JUGOSLAVIA WESTERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SENEGAL ALBANIA CAPE VERDE TURKEY TURKEY AFRICA EGYPT LIBYA

25. INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION FOR BORDER MANAGEMENT EUROPOL Exchange of intelligence Mutual operational support EMSA Maritime surveillance Exchange of intelligence Use of databases INTERPOL CEPOL Cooperation in training CFCA Combining border & fisheries control UNHCR Exchange of information Training IOM Exchange of information, training, return operations

26. CONCERTED ACTIONS (POLITICAL/ LEGISLATIVE) MEMBER STATES EU ”RESPONSIBILITY” ”BURDEN SHARING” • Assets • Financing • Operational solutions • Executive Powers • Policy • Legislation • Financing • Operational support • Agencies with coordinating mandate MEASURES IN THIRD COUNTRIES

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