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State of play and future Ilkka Laitinen Frontex Executive Director European 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 1. Frontex Goals PERFORMANCE AWARENESS RESPONSE INTEROPERABILITY 2. Frontex values Humanity Open communication Professionalism Team work Trustworthiness The values form foundation of Frontex’ activities at all levels. 3. Situation at external borders Illegal border crossings and refusals of entry Land 46% Air 22% Sea 32% (January – December 2008) 4. Focal Areas - Illegal Border Crossing Jan Mayen Main areas of detections (land and sea) in 2008 ISL Russia Faroe Is. 2008 Sea Land Air Total 92,200 82,600 n.a. ----------174,800 FYROM Albania Turkey Malta Ceuta Syri Melilla Lampedusa Tunisia Morocco Legend Sea Border Main areas of increase Canary Islands 3,300 800 Land Border Algeria Western Sahara 39,000 Gaza14,500 Strip Israel Libya The volume of the spheres corresponds to the number of detections of illegal border crossing. Only total above 2,500 detections were considered. Egypt Source: FRAN data as of 9 March 2009 Frontex disclaims any liability with respect to the boundaries, names and designations used on this map Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor/licensors 5. Refusals of Entry Jan Mayen Main areas of refusals (land, air and sea) Legend Faroe Is. Air Border Sea Border 17,500 4,500 1,000 Land Border 2008 Sea Land Air Total The volume of the spheres corresponds to the number of refusals of entry. Only total above 2,500 detections were considered. Source: FRAN data as of 9 March 2009 6,700 56,300 66,500 ----------129,500 Ukraine Moldova Croatia Main areas of decrease Morocco Morocco Frontex disclaims any liability with respect to the boundaries, names and designations used on this map Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor/licensors 6. CRATE: current content 25 346 Fixed wing 24 Off-Shore Patrol Vessels 25 MoU signed 89 Coastal Patrol Vessels/Boats 22 Helicopters Other border control equipment, including: Mobile radar units Mobile carbon dioxide detectors Vehicles Passive millimeter wave imager Thermal / Infrared cameras Heart beat detectors 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 7. Key Operations – Sea Borders Permanent Operational Structure: European Patrols Network EPNMINERVA /INDALO 2009 ATLANTIC ROUTE WESTERN MED ROUTE EPNHERA 2009 EPNHERMES 2009 EPNNAUTILUS 2009 EPNPOSEIDON 2009 CENTRAL MED ROUTE EASTERN MED ROUTE 7. Key Operations – Land Borders EASTERN EUROPEAN ROUTE: JO Jupiter Permanent Operational Structure: JO Focal Points Horizontal Operation: JO Uranus - Highways, Railways Cooperation with Customs included JO Jupiter WESTERN BALKAN ROUTE: JO Neptune EASTERN BALKAN ROUTE: JO Saturn 7. Key Operations – Air Borders HAMMER HUBBLE AFRICA CHINA / FAR EAST 7. Key Operations – Joint Return Proactive Frontex role: 1) 2) 3) 4) 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: 1) Iconet Return Section 2) Seminars (direct contact points) 3) Workshop on problematic countries 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 EUlevel (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 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 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. 12. External Relations – State of Play WA concluded INTERPOL Negotiation process finalised EUROPOL WA Mandate MB UNHCR Focus on cooperation IOM COUNCIL SG UNITED STATES BRAZIL ALBANIA EMSA CROATIA RUSSIA RUSSIA FYROM CANADA UNITED RUSSIA BELO CIS BELARUS BELARUS SERBIA Bosnia and Herzegovina UKRAINE UKRAINE MONTENEGRO . MOLDAVIA MOLDOVA GEORGIA CROATIA ALGERIA TUNISIA BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA MOROCCO W.BALKANS JUGOSLAVIA MAURITANIA ALBANIA WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES TURKEY TURKEY SENEGAL CAPE VERDE AFRICAN COUNTRIES LIBYA EGYPT 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 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) 13. Budget and staffing forecast for 2010 - 2013 Total budget (1,000 €) Personnel Strength 2010 85,346 2010 280 2011 94,076 2011 285 2012 99,670 2012 295 2013 102,721 2013 305 State of play and future Ilkka Laitinen Frontex Executive Director European Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009