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State of play and future
Ilkka Laitinen Frontex Executive DirectorEuropean Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009
Presentation on the state of play and future
1) Frontex Goals
2) Frontex values
3) Situation at external borders
4) Focal Areas
5) Refusals of entry in 2008
6) CRATE − Centralised Record of Available Technical Equipment
7) Joint operations 2009, concept and key operations
8) Training activities
9) Research and Development
10)Pooled Resources
11)Finance
12)External Relations – State of Play
13)Outlook for the future
PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE
1. Frontex Goals
INTEROPERABILITYINTEROPERABILITY
AWARENESSAWARENESS RESPONSERESPONSE
Humanity
Open communication
Professionalism
Team work
Trustworthiness
The values form foundation of Frontex’ activities at all levels.
2. Frontex values
(January – December 2008)
Land
46%
Illegal border crossings and refusals of entry
Sea
32%
Air
22%
3. Situation at external borders
Ceuta
Melilla
Canary Islands
Lampedusa
Malta
AlbaniaFYROM
Russia
Algeria
Libya
Mali
Chad
Niger
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Iraq
Mauritania
Morocco
Syria
Tunisia
Senegal
Western Sahara
Eritrea
Georgia
Armenia
Israel
Jan Mayen
Faroe Is.
Cape Verde
Gaza Strip
ISL
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Legend
Land Border
Sea Border
4. Focal Areas - Illegal Border Crossing
Main areas of detections (land and sea) in 2008
Main areas of increase
2008
Sea 92,200Land 82,600Air n.a.
-----------Total 174,800
Canary Islands
Croatia
Morocco
Libya Egypt
Ukraine
Morocco
Syria
Western Sahara
Moldova
Jan Mayen
Faroe Is.
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Land Border
Sea Border
5. Refusals of Entry
Main areas of refusals (land, air and sea)
2008
Sea 6,700Land 56,300Air 66,500
-----------Total 129,500
Main areas of decrease
Helicopters
25 Fixed wing22 24 Off-Shore Patrol Vessels
Mobile radar units
Vehicles
Thermal / Infrared cameras
Mobile carbon dioxide detectors
Passive millimeter wave imager
Heart beat detectors
Other border control equipment, including:346346
6. CRATE: current content
89 Coastal Patrol Vessels/Boats25 MoU signed
7. Joint operations in 2009
Concept:
- From single operations to framework operations - From case by case planning to long term planning- From quantity to quality- Synchronization with other projects - Extension of JOs’ duration- Use of FJST and CRATE pools
EASTERN MED ROUTE
Permanent Operational Structure:European Patrols Network
CENTRAL MED ROUTE
ATLANTICROUTE
7. Key Operations – Sea Borders
EPN-HERA 2009
EPN-NAUTILUS
2009
EPN-HERMES
2009
EPN-POSEIDON
2009
EPN-MINERVA /INDALO
2009
WES
TER
N
MED
RO
UTE
Permanent Operational Structure: JO Focal Points
EASTERN EUROPEAN
ROUTE: JO Jupiter
EASTERN BALKAN ROUTE:
JO Saturn
7. Key Operations – Land Borders
JO Saturn
JO Jupiter
WESTERN BALKAN ROUTE:
JO Neptune
JO Neptune
Horizontal Operation: JO Uranus - Highways, RailwaysCooperation with Customs included
Improvement of information exchange:
1) Iconet Return Section2) Seminars (direct contact points)3) Workshop on problematic countries
7. Key Operations – Joint Return
Proactive Frontex role: 1) Core Country group2) Project “Core Country group for Return matters”3) Development of practical arrangements to organize joint flights4) Co-financing of 12 – 15 Joint Return flights
- 8 return flights coordinated by Frontex in 2009 by 14 April- Total number of returnees 431
Joint return operations by land:
Best practices and development of Frontex role in the coordination of JRO by land
8. Training activities
FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS – TRAINING TOOLS AND COURSES- Updating process of advanced level training tool- Training tool for non-EU MS/SAC- Basic awareness training for non-BG authorities- One specialist course for National Document Fraud Units
TRAINING FOR SCHENGEN EVALUATORS- Training contents for basic training has been created (with experts from MSs)- Training materials have been developed- Trainers have been educated (methodology / training competences) COMMON CORE CURRICULUM- Development of questionnaire to measure capability for working together on EU-level (interoperability)- The tool is called Interoperability Assessment Programme (IAP)- Evaluation of results shall be made in cooperation with supporting University
9. Research and Development activities
ESRIF- Frontex takes an active role in the development of a European agenda for security research and innovation and leads the working group on border security- ESRIF is working to finalize the report, which is to be presented in September 2009- Due to the engagement of Frontex, the border security group has had the highest participation of end-users and input of end-users’ needs
EUROSUR- Frontex supports the European Commission in the development of European Border Surveillance System as part of Integrated Border Management- Frontex organizes workshops on different topics to identify/collect end-users’ needs related to surveillance of the external borders of the EU
AUTOMATED BORDER CROSSING SYSTEMS- A first workshop focusing on the use of electronic passports and facial recognition for automated border crossing was held on 7 April- The workshop provided the MSs with an opportunity to exchange their experiences so far with automated border crossing systems using electronic passports
10. Pooled Resources activities
Two RABIT exercises shall be organized in 2009 for further developing the emergency preparedness of MSs and Frontex:
-1st RABIT Exercise 2009 at Bulgarian -Turkish and Greek -Turkish land borders in April / May-2nd RABIT Exercise 2009 at Slovak - Ukrainian land border in the second half of the year
Each exercise foresees the deployment of respectively 40 and 30 team members and heavy technical equipment taken with short notice from CRATE
Five RABIT Workshops are planned for 2009 with the aim to inform the members of the Rapid Pool on latest developments, trends, tendencies in the field of border management
11. Finance – State of Play / annual budget 2008
COMMITMENTS€ 64.2m out of total annual appropriations of € 70.4m
91% of the total budgetFigures for OPERATIONS division
€ 47.3m out of total appropriations of € 50.5m 94% of the budget
PAYMENTS€ 36.1m paid out of € 64.2m committed appropriations
56% of the total budget Figures for OPERATIONS DIVISION
€ 21m paid out of € 47.3m committed
CARRIED-OVER appropriations€ 29.5m - 46% of the total budget Figures for OPERATIONS DIVISION
€ 57% of total commitments were carried forward
11. Finance – State of Play / annual budget 2009
COMMITMENTS, first quarter€ 31.4m (38%) out of total annual appropriations of € 83.3m
Figures for OPERATIONS DIVISION€ 14.5m (25%) out of total appropriations of € 57.3m
It is not yet possible to compare the budget implementation figures with the figures of 2008, in particular because most of the large operations are starting from Q2 onwards.
UNITED
..
CROATIA
BOSNIA - HERCEGOVINA
JUGOSLAVIA
ALBANIA
TURKEY
UKRAINEUKRAINE
MOLDAVIAMOLDAVIA
BELO
BELARUS
RUSSIA
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
TURKEY
LIBYA
MOROCCO
MAURITANIA
SENEGAL
UNITED STATES
CANADA
MOLDOVA
W.BALKANS
CAPE VERDE
EGYPT
WEST AFRICANCOUNTRIES
RUSSIA
WA concluded
WA Mandate MB
Focus on cooperation
TUNISIA
ALGERIA
BRAZIL
ALBANIA
Bosnia andHerzegovina
MONTENEGRO
SERBIA
Negotiation process finalisedINTERPOL
EUROPOL
UNHCR
IOM
GEORGIA
BELARUS
FYROM
CROATIA
COUNCIL SG
EMSA
CIS
AFRICANCOUNTRIES
12. External Relations – State of Play
13. Outlook for 2010 – Risk Analysis
Reduced job opportunities in the EU =
reduced flow of illegal migrants
Legal migrants will slip to illegality = increased stock of illegal migrants
Strengthened border controls = increased detections of illegal border crossing
13. Recommendations for 2010 – main areas of interest
Southern maritime borders
Maritime borders
Land borders
External border with Turkey (Greece, Bulgaria)
External border with Ukraine (Hungary, Poland)
External border with Serbia (Hungary)
Air borders
Focus on large number of non-EU arrivals, large refusals of entry (Spain, France, UK, Ireland, Portugal, Italy)
with emphasis on nationalities staying illegally in the EU (Brazil, Morocco, Bolivia, India, Algeria)
13. Budget and staffing forecast for 2010 - 2013
Personnel Strength
2010 280
2011 285
2012 295
2013 305
Total budget (1,000 €)
2010 85,346
2011 94,076
2012 99,670
2013 102,721