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• External Borders Fund 2007-2013 – France

  10 November 2008, by European Commission
  The Commission has adopted the multiannual programme under the External Borders Fund 2007-2013 for France for an estimated amount of € 101.8 million, together with the first two annual programmes (2007 and 2008).

• Fonds pour les frontières extérieures 2007-2013 : France

  10 novembre 2008, par European Commission
  La Commission européenne a adopté le programme pluriannuel de mise en oeuvre du Fonds pour les frontières extérieures 2007-2013 présenté par la France, pour un montant estimé de 101,8 millions d’euros, assorti de ses deux premiers programmes annuels (2007 et 2008).

• ‘War on terror’ moves into cyberspace

  3 November 2008, by The Muslim Weekly
  Britain’s security agencies are fighting a covert war in cyberspace against extremist internet sites as part of a new anti-terrorist strategy, senior Whitehall officials revealed this week. The scheme is part of measures being introduced at a time when the threat level is described as being «at the severe end of severe», with, officials say, extremist groups determinedly attempting new attacks. As well running its own sites, the Government gives material support to groups that monitor and combat jihadist material on the web in an attempt to prevent indoctrination of young Muslims.

• GERMAN TERROR ARRESTS: From the Rhine River to the Jihad

  29 October 2008, by Spiegel Online
  The arrest of two Muslim extremists at the Cologne-Bonn airport last week shows that German converts continue to volunteer for the jihad. Investigators fear that some are on their way back now that they’ve received training. It was Friday morning, shortly before 7:00 a.m., and all passengers had boarded KLM flight 1804 at the Cologne-Bonn airport. The small Fokker 50 was ready for takeoff. This particular Friday was a special day for devout Muslims, being one of the last days of the holy month of Ramadan.

• Link between child porn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids Paedophile websites are being used to pass information between terrorists

  29 October 2008, by Times Online
  A link between terrorism plots and hardcore child pornography is becoming clear after a string of police raids in Britain and across the Continent, an investigation by The Times has discovered. Images of child abuse have been found during Scotland Yard antiterrorism swoops and in big inquiries in Italy and Spain. Secret coded messages are being embedded into child pornographic images, and paedophile websites are being exploited as a secure way of passing information between terrorists.

• PROPOSITION DE LOI visant à prolonger l’application des articles 3, 6 et 9 de la loi n° 2006-64 du 23 janvier 2006 relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et portant dispositions diverses relatives à la sécurité et aux contrôles frontaliers

  28 octobre 2008, par Haenel Hubert, Sénat
  La loi n° 2006-64 du 23 janvier 2006 relative à la lutte contre le terrorisme et portant dispositions diverses relatives à la sécurité et aux contrôles frontaliers (LAT) apporte la réponse la plus opérationnelle possible à la menace terroriste, tant dans le domaine de la prévention qu’en matière de répression des actes de terrorisme. Elle vise également à contribuer à l’efficacité du dispositif de sécurité afin de concourir à la préservation de l’ordre public et à l’amélioration des contrôles frontaliers. Elle comporte donc, à ce titre, certaines dispositions qui concernent la police administrative et d’autres, la répression des actes du terrorisme.

• « Bâtir une Europe de l’asile » : à quel prix ?

  21 octobre 2008, par Coordination française pour le droit d’asile (CFDA)
  Au moment où les chefs d’État et de gouvernement de l’Union européenne, réunis à Paris les 15 et 16 octobre, viennent d’adopter le Pacte européen pour l’asile et l’immigration proposé par la présidence française, la CFDA (Coordination française pour le droit d’asile) rend publiques ses préoccupations à propos de l’évolution de la situation de l’asile en Europe dans une note intitulée « Bâtir une Europe de l’asile » : à quel prix ?

• Legitimacy of PNR challenged again

  14 October 2008, by European Parliament
  The European Parliament has reserved the right to challenge the legitmacy of the EU PNR-Australia agreement before the Court if a third party also feels that democratic legitimacy has not been respected. Once again, the European PArliament has not been consulted. If the Lisbon Treaty comes into effect, it has argued that all the PNR agreements concluded on a similar basis be submitted to MEPs.

• Ten Issues and Recommendations for the European Parliament Elections on Freedom, Security and Justice

  6 October 2008, by Carrera Sergio , Groenendijk Kees, Guild Elspeth
  The European Parliament elections taking place on 4-7 June 2009 will provide a unique opportunity for addressing the role and potential of the EU on policies related to an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). These policies lay at the heart of every citizen’s expectations. This Policy Brief presents ten key issues and policy recommendations for the political parties and their campaign manifestos, in relation to borders, asylum, immigration, data protection and criminal justice.

• TABLES RONDES INTERNATIONALES CHALLENGE : Contrôles extra-territoriaux et démocratie, 9 octobre 2008

  29 septembre 2008, par Challenge French Team
  Logiques de collaboration anti-terroriste, technologies de sécurité et protection des données au delà des frontières

• CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL ROUND TABLES : Extraterritorial controls and democracy - October 9, 2008

  29 September 2008, by Challenge French Team
  Antiterrorism collaboration logics, Security technologies and Data protection beyond borders

• La loi « des jungles » – La situation des exilés sur le littoral de la manche et de la mer du Nord

  17 septembre 2008, par Coordination française pour le droit d’asile (CFDA)
  En 2002, la fermeture du centre de Sangatte devait, selon le ministère de l’Intérieur de l’époque, mettre fin « à un symbole d’appel d’air de l’immigration clandestine dans le monde ». Pourtant, dans la plus grande indifférence politique, les migrants ont continué à affluer le long du littoral de la Manche et de la Mer du Nord.

• Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime

  1 September 2008, by European Council
  Following the entry into force of the Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Austria on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, crossborder crime and illegal migration hereinafter (Prüm Treaty), this initiative is submitted, in consultation with the European Commission, in compliance with the provisions of the Treaty on European Union, with the aim of incorporating the substance of the provisions of the Prüm Treaty into the legal framework of the European Union.

• Reinforcing the Surveillance of EU Borders: The Future Development of FRONTEX and EUROSUR

  26 August 2008, by Jeandesboz Julien
  This paper assesses the implications of the European Commission Communications on the evaluation and future development of FRONTEX (European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union) and the establishment of EUROSUR (European border surveillance system). It emphasises that the evaluation of the activities conducted by the EU’s external borders agency over the period 2006–07 fails to address the impact of such undertakings on fundamental rights and freedoms, solely focusing on technical issues and overall efficiency.

• Proposed new EU border control systems

  21 July 2008, by Peers Steve
  The Commission’s proposal to establish an entry-exit system could play a useful role as regards detecting overstayers from states whose nationals are subject to a visa obligation, if implemented in conjunction with a registered traveller system. However, the Commission has not properly explained or calculated the costs of establishing such a system, and has not established the need for such a system as regards non-visa nationals.

• An analysis of the Commission communications on future development of Frontex and the creation of a European border surveillance system (EUROSUR)

  17 July 2008, by Jeandesboz Julien
  On 13 February 2008, the European Commission tabled a ‘border package’, consisting of three communications1 dealing with the issue of EU external border management. Two of these documents, namely the communication on the evaluation and future development of Frontex and the communication on the creation of a European border surveillance system (Eurosur) propose significant evolutions with regard the role of the Frontex agency and the orientations of the EU integrated border management (IBM) concept.

• Border management: striking the balance between freedom and security

  8 July 2008, by European Parliament
  Border management, including the need for a balance between freedom and security, was the subject of a discussion at the EP on Monday between MEPs, national MPs and visiting experts. In the near future Parliament is due to scrutinise several proposals designed to consolidate the system created by the opening up of Europe’s borders and the introduction of the Schengen regime. MEPs will be keen to ensure that fundamental rights and privacy are respected.

• Gestion des frontières : entre liberté et sécurité

  8 juillet 2008, par Parlement européen
  Députés européens, nationaux et experts ont débattu ce lundi de la gestion des frontières européennes, et du nécessaire équilibre entre liberté et sécurité, alors que le Parlement examinera prochainement plusieurs propositions visant à consolider l’édifice né de l’ouverture des frontières et du régime de Schengen. Les députés entendent veiller au respect des droits fondamentaux et de la vie privée.

• Borders Observatory

  1 July 2008, by Migreurop
  The project of creating a « European Borders Observatory » aims at fostering non-governmental information on the situation of migrants at the borders, at denouncing violations of rights committed there, at promoting those rights, and thus improving the consideration for fundamental rights in the immigration policies of both transit and host countries.

• Europe’s internal and external borders

  25 June 2008, by cilip
  It offers an excellent comprehensive update of the emerging border control regimes in Europe with particular reference to Germany

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