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IDENTIFICATION OF RETURNEES -PROJECT ( POSID -PROJECT). SISEKAITSEAKADEEMIAN 15.05.2014 TALLIN Mikko Sivola HELSINKI POLICE. CO-FINANCED BY THE EU RETURN FUND. POSID -PROJECT COMMON WORKING METHODS. Use of readmission agreements (14 EU level, 1 national).
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IDENTIFICATION OF RETURNEES -PROJECT(POSID -PROJECT) SISEKAITSEAKADEEMIAN 15.05.2014 TALLIN Mikko Sivola HELSINKI POLICE CO-FINANCED BY THE EU RETURN FUND
POSID -PROJECT COMMON WORKING METHODS • Use of readmission agreements (14 EU level, 1 national). • Inquiries (interpol, Visa). • Checks from databases (National, VIS etc.) • Help from the liaison officers, own Embassies. • Visits to the foreign Embassies. • Visits to Finland by the representatives of the Embassy. • Interviews by telephone. • Contact visits to third countries. • Visits of third country delegations (NIS). • Identification using the video online system. • Cooperation with other member states (EURINT etc.) • Money transfers, mobile phones?
POSID -PROJECT EMBASSIES • Vital for practical and daily cooperation. • Mutual needsfrombothsides. Embassy "needs" contactpersonsfrom the Police. • Moreactive – betterresults? • Expencesifabroad? • Repatriation is not the primarywork of the Embassy.
POSID -PROJECT VISITS TO THE EMBASSIES • To establish / maintainrelations. • Best way to presentcasesbeforehand. • To give and haveinformation to / from the Embassies. Embassiesusuallyhaveestablishedsolidpractises in the field of repatriation. • Doesnotrequire Embassy staff to travelpossiblyabroad. Usuallystaff is busy with daily work. • Interviewsmaytakeplace at the Embassy. • Selected Embassy contactpersons?
POSID -PROJECT EMBASSIES PROBLEMS • Embassiesmaybereluctant to assist the Police due to manydifferentreasons. • Embassiesare to protect and to servetheirowncitizensabroad! • SomeEmbassieshaveordersfrom the governmentrelated the repatriation(Iraq, Iran, Ethiopia, NorthernAfricaetc). • Lack of knowledge of the national law. > confusedby the returnee. • Pressurefrom the diaspora, Money transfers! • Claimsagainst the Embassies to MFA afterissuance of the document / repatriation. • Corruption?
POSID -PROJECT EMBASSIES • QuitemanyEmbassiesareco-operative and undesrtand the issueand areready to assist. • Folow national legislationof the host country. • Doesnotdemandfullevidence on the nationality > differentworkingmethods. Interviewmaybesufficient. • Ready to travel etc.
POSID -PROJECT INTERVIEWS • Mandatory for some Embassies. Especially if the returnee is without documents to proof the nationality. • Can be done at the Embassy or at the Police station. • Best way to establish the nationality. • Representative is fellow citizen. Confidence between the returnee and the representavtive. Police may be felt like opponent. • Result is usually given on the spot. • takes usually 2-3 days if the representative arrives from abroad. • Decision of the issuance of the document depends often of the Ambassador or even from local authorities. • Detention to secure the presence of the returnee?
POSID -PROJECT INTERVIEWS • Can also be done by the phone. Depends on the Embassy. • Sppedy and practical, does not require representative to arrive to Police station or even from abroad. Conversation can easily be connected with other returnees across the country > Cost effective. • Is based only on the speech of the returnee (dialect etc). • Returnee may be reluctant to speak, easier to lie etc. What then? • Practical problems like bad line, disturbance of the other matters. Interviever may have forgotten the call etc.
POSID -PROJECT VISITS TO THE DESTINATION COUNTRIES • Africancountries etc. havedifferent manner to cooperatethanEuropeanauthorities. Africanspreferpersonalcommunication. • To meetpersonsresponsible for the entry and identification, to createrelations(seen as effort?), to getassistance in the future etc. • Expensive, difficultieshavingappointmentsorganized with primarypersons. • Return visits, Identificationvisits (NIS), communicationafterwards. • Localauthoritiesdoesnothavesimilarduty to protectowncitizensthan the Embassy on the host country? • Mobile repatriationliasionofficer?
POSID -PROJECT VISA • Misuse of Visa system is essentialway for illegalimmigration to Europe. • VIS systemexpansions is in progress> worldslargestdatabasewhenready. • Onlyelectronicalinformation of the traveldocumentsavailableeasily.' • Shouldobtainoriginalcopies of the documents.
POSID- PROJECT VISA INQUIRIES • Informalinquiry, usuallyresponse in given. • Made to Schengen representation in the destionationcounty. • Whatpart of the story is true? Fromwhichcounty to askfrom. • Help fromliasonofficers