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State of play and future Ilkka L aitinen Frontex Executive Director

State of play and future Ilkka L aitinen Frontex Executive Director European Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009. Presentation on the state of play and future. Frontex Goals Frontex values Situation at external borders Focal Areas Refusals of entry in 2008

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State of play and future Ilkka L aitinen Frontex Executive Director

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  1. State of play and future Ilkka Laitinen Frontex Executive Director European Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009

  2. Presentation on the state of play and future • Frontex Goals • Frontex values • Situation at external borders • Focal Areas • Refusals of entry in 2008 • CRATE − Centralised Record of Available Technical Equipment • Joint operations 2009, concept and key operations • Training activities • Research and Development • Pooled Resources • Finance • External Relations – State of Play • Outlook for the future

  3. 1. Frontex Goals PERFORMANCE AWARENESS RESPONSE INTEROPERABILITY

  4. 2. Frontex values • Humanity • Open communication • Professionalism • Team work • Trustworthiness The values form foundation of Frontex’ activities at all levels.

  5. 3. Situation at external borders Illegal border crossings and refusals of entry Land 46% Air Sea 22% 32% (January – December 2008)

  6. 4. Focal Areas - Illegal Border Crossing Main areas of detections (land and sea) in 2008 2008 Sea 92,200 Land 82,600 Air n.a. ----------- Total 174,800 Main areas of increase

  7. 5. Refusals of Entry Main areas of refusals (land, air and sea) 2008 Sea 6,700 Land 56,300 Air 66,500 ----------- Total 129,500 Main areas of decrease

  8. 6. CRATE: current content 25 24 22 Helicopters Off-Shore Patrol Vessels Fixed wing 89 Coastal Patrol Vessels/Boats 25 MoU signed 346 Other border control equipment, including: Mobile radar units Vehicles Thermal / Infrared cameras Mobile carbon dioxide detectors Passive millimeter wave imager Heart beat detectors

  9. 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

  10. 7. Key Operations – Sea Borders Permanent Operational Structure: European Patrols Network EPN- HERMES 2009 EPN- MINERVA /INDALO 2009 EASTERN MED ROUTE EPN- POSEIDON 2009 EPN- NAUTILUS 2009 WESTERN MED ROUTE EPN- HERA 2009 ATLANTIC ROUTE CENTRAL MED ROUTE

  11. 7. Key Operations – Land Borders Permanent Operational Structure: JO Focal Points EASTERN EUROPEAN ROUTE: JO Jupiter Horizontal Operation: JO Uranus - Highways, Railways Cooperation with Customs included JO Jupiter JO Neptune JO Saturn EASTERN BALKAN ROUTE: JO Saturn WESTERN BALKAN ROUTE: JO Neptune

  12. 7. Key Operations – Air Borders HAMMER HUBBLE CHINA / FAR EAST LATIN AMERICA AFRICA MIDDLE EAST

  13. 7. Key Operations – Joint Return • Proactive Frontex role: • Core Country group • Project “Core Country group for Return matters” • Development of practical arrangements to organize joint flights • Co-financing of 12 – 15 Joint Return flights • 8 return flights coordinated by Frontex in 2009 by 14 April • Total number of returnees 431 • Improvement of information exchange: • Iconet Return Section • Seminars (direct contact points) • Workshop on problematic countries Joint returnoperations by land: Best practices and development of Frontex role in the coordination of JRO by land

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 11. Finance – State of Play / annual budget 2008 COMMITMENTS € 64.2m out of total annual appropriations of € 70.4m • 91% of the total budget Figures 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

  18. 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.

  19. 12. External Relations – State of Play WA concluded INTERPOL Negotiation process finalised EUROPOL WA Mandate MB UNHCR Focus on cooperation IOM COUNCIL SG EMSA ALBANIA UNITEDSTATES CROATIA BRAZIL RUSSIA RUSSIA FYROM CANADA UNITED RUSSIA CIS BELO BELARUS BELARUS SERBIA Bosnia and Herzegovina UKRAINE UKRAINE UKRAINE MONTENEGRO . . MOLDOVA MOLDAVIA MOLDAVIA GEORGIA CROATIA W.BALKANS BOSNIA - HERCEGOVINA MOROCCO ALGERIA JUGOSLAVIA TUNISIA MAURITANIA ALBANIA TURKEY TURKEY WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES SENEGAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES CAPE VERDE EGYPT LIBYA

  20. 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

  21. 13. Recommendations for 2010 – main areas of interest Maritime borders Southern 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)

  22. 13. Budget and staffing forecast for 2010 - 2013

  23. State of play and future Ilkka Laitinen Frontex Executive Director European Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009

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