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REGIONAL MOVEMENT ALERT LIST (RMAL)

REGIONAL MOVEMENT ALERT LIST (RMAL). Ian Russell DFAT Miles Henderson DIMIA. Overview. RMAL History Purpose of RMAL pilot RMAL guiding principles Governance and Legal Where are we going?. RMAL History.

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REGIONAL MOVEMENT ALERT LIST (RMAL)

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  1. REGIONAL MOVEMENT ALERT LIST (RMAL) Ian Russell DFAT Miles Henderson DIMIA

  2. Overview • RMAL History • Purpose of RMAL pilot • RMAL guiding principles • Governance and Legal • Where are we going?

  3. RMAL History • 2003 APEC Leaders tasked Australia and the USA to conduct a feasibility study and report back in November 2004 • 2004 Feasibility Study presented to APEC leaders • 2004 APEC leaders tasked US and Australia to conduct Pilot – Lost and stolen data • 2005 RMAL Pilot expanded - New Zealand agreed to participate in Pilot

  4. Purpose of RMAL PILOT • To strengthen the collective capacity of participating economies to detect lost and stolen passports. • The RMAL pilot will provide a Proof of Concept of a system for multilateral access to lost and stolen passport databases. .

  5. RMAL guiding principles • Focus on enhancing the counter-terrorism capacities of participating countries • No negative effects on participating countries’ rights to determine who may enter the country • Ownership and visibility of shared data to be vested in the country that provided the data • Participating countries should not be able to use RMAL to monitor nationals from other participating countries without the express permission of that country

  6. RMAL guiding principles (contd.) • The privacy laws of each participating country need to be satisfied • The operating system would operate seamlessly with the departure control systems of airlines flying to participating countries • The operating system would complement and, if possible, be interoperable with existing border management systems of participating countries or other regional or multilateral systems developed to enhance border security • Travel should be monitored on a real-time basis rather than ex-post basis

  7. Airline Airline US Border System DIMIAAPP Australian Lost / Stolen Passports RMALBroker US Lost / Stolen Passports RMAL Pilot Processing OK or Not OKto board APP Expectedmovement RMALDocument Check US AUS 24/7 Centre USCheck USPassport 24/7 Centre Australia CheckAustralianPassport

  8. Governance and Legal • MOUs • Minimal required information • Security of data • Privacy of data • Agreed protocols for dealing with “hits” • Contact points – 24/7 centres

  9. Where are we going? • Third quarter 2005 expect pilot to commence • November 2005 - Progress report to APEC leaders • Post pilot – expansion to true multilateral system as other economies join • Expand data accessed in RMAL • Full passport data access • Person alerts • Synergy with other initiatives eg EITS

  10. Questions?

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