State of play and futureIlkka Laitinen Frontex Executive DirectorEuropean Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009

Presentation on the state of play and future

1) Frontex Goals2) Frontex values3) Situation at external borders4) Focal Areas5) Refusals of entry in 20086) CRATE − Centralised Record of Available Technical Equipment

7) Joint operations 2009, concept and key operations8) Training activities9) Research and Development10)Pooled Resources11)Finance12)External Relations – State of Play13)Outlook for the future

PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE

1. Frontex Goals

INTEROPERABILITYINTEROPERABILITY

AWARENESSAWARENESS RESPONSERESPONSE

HumanityOpen communicationProfessionalismTeam workTrustworthiness

The values form foundation of Frontex’ activities at all levels.

2. Frontex values

(January – December 2008)

Land46%

Illegal border crossings and refusals of entry

Sea

32%

Air22%

3. Situation at external borders

CeutaMelilla

Canary Islands

Lampedusa

Malta

AlbaniaFYROM

Russia

AlgeriaLibya

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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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

WESTERN

M

EDRO

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

7. Key Operations – Air Borders

LATIN

AMERICA

CHINA / FAR EAST

MIDDLE EAST

HAMMERHUBBLE

AFRICA

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

..

CROATIABOSNIA - HERCEGOVINA

JUGOSLAVIA

ALBANIA

TURKEY

UKRAINEUKRAINE

MOLDAVIAMOLDAVIA

BELOBELARUS

RUSSIA

UKRAINE

RUSSIA

TURKEY

LIBYA

MOROCCO

MAURITANIA

SENEGAL

UNITED STATES

CANADA

MOLDOVA

W.BALKANS

CAPE VERDEEGYPT

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 bordersFocus 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

State of play and futureIlkka Laitinen Frontex Executive DirectorEuropean Parliament, LIBE Committee, 27 April 2009