WP 05 : The changing dynamic of security in an enlarged Europe

Articles

• The contribution of migrant organisations to income-generating activities in their countries of origin

  3 September 2008, by International Labour Office (ILO), Schüttler Kirsten
  Of all aspects of international migration, remittances are the least controversial. Labour-receiving countries welcome and encourage them, since they signal a continuing attachment of the migrant worker to the country of origin, and possibly a disposition to eventually return home. Moreover, remittances tend be perceived as a substitute for aid. In this logic any increase in volume reduces the pressure to increase ODA. Labour-sending countries for their part welcome remittances as an important source of foreign exchange.

• Pacte européen sur l’immigration et l’asile

  2 septembre 2008, par European Presidency
  Depuis un demi-siècle, le projet politique et de civilisation qui porte la création et l’approfondissement de l’Union européenne a permis des progrès considérables. L’un des fruits les plus remarquables de cette entreprise est la constitution d’un vaste espace de libre circulation couvrant aujourd’hui la majeure partie du territoire européen. Ce développement a permis un accroissement sans précédent des libertés pour les citoyens européens comme pour les ressortissants des pays tiers circulant librement sur ce territoire commun. Il représente aussi un important facteur de croissance et de prospérité. L’élargissement récent et à venir de l’espace Schengen conforte encore la liberté de circulation des personnes.

• Security a la italiana Fingerprinting, Extreme Violence and Harassment of Roma in Italy

  2 September 2008, by Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, European Roma Rights Centre, Open Society Institute, Roma Civic Alliance in Romania, Romani Criss
  In response to recent political and legal developments and the most recent wave of racism and xenophobia against Roma in Italy, between 23 and 30 May 2008 a coalition of organisations undertook first-hand human rights documentation in Italy. The Coalition conducted interviews with approximately 100 Romani individuals living in formal and informal Romani camps in Rome, Naples, Florence, Brescia, Milan and Torino.

• Population projection 2008-2060

  2 September 2008, by Eurostat
  The EU 27 population is projected to increase from 495 million on 1 January 2008 to 521 million in 2035, and thereafter gradually decline to 506 million in 2060. The annual number of births is projected to fall over the period 2008-2060, while at the same time the annual number of deaths is projected to continue rising. From 2015 onwards deaths would outnumber births, and hence population growth due to natural increase would cease.

• Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA of 24 July 2008 on taking account of convictions in the Member States of the European Union in the course of new criminal proceedings

  2 September 2008, by European Council
  The purpose of this Framework Decision is to establish a minimum obligation for Member States to take into account convictions handed down in other Member States.

• Council Decision 2008/633/JHA of 23 June 2008 concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences

  1 September 2008, by European Council
  Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS) (1) established the VIS as a system for the exchange of visa data between Member States. The establishment of the VIS represents one of the key initiatives within the policies of the European Union aimed at establishing an area of freedom, security and justice.

• Council Decision 2008/651/CFSP/JHA of 30 June 2008 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement between the European Union and Australia on the processing and transfer of European Union-sourced passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the Australian Customs Service

  1 September 2008, by European Council
  On 28 February 2008 the Council decided to authorize the Presidency, assisted by the Commission, to open negotiations for an Agreement between the European Union and Australia on the processing and transfer of European Union-sourced passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the Australian Customs Service. Those negotiations have been successful and a draft Agreement has been drawn up.

• 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.

• Conference : Post-enlargement Challenges to the Free Movement of Workers in the EU, 15th September 2008

  26 August 2008, by Centre for European Policy Studies
  This event will aim at providing a forum for policy makers, social partners, civil society actors and academics to exchange views on the current treatment of A8 migrant workers within the EU and to test and develop the thinking in the field in the prospect of future developments the opening of the labour market to A2 workers.

• Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-127/08

  13 August 2008, by Court of Justice of the European Communities
  The right of a national of a non-member country who is a family member of a Union citizen to accompany or join that citizen cannot be made conditional on prior lawful residence in another Member State.

• Discrimination in the EU: Perception, experiences and attitudes

  13 August 2008, by EU Barometer
  In anticipation of this Year of Equal Opportunities for All, the European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunity Opportunities commissioned a survey about discrimination and inequality in Europe, conducted in the summer of 2006.

• Agreement between the European Community and the Council of Europe on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe 2008/579/EC

  13 August 2008, by Conseil de l’Europe
  This Agreement establishes a cooperation framework between the Agency and the Council of Europe in order to avoid duplication and ensure complementarity and added value.

• Seminar : Still not resolved? Constitutional issues of the European Arrest Warrant, 19 September 2008

  11 August 2008, by Centre for European Policy Studies, Radboud University
  In this Seminar we will address the European Arrest Warrant from a national and European perspective. By looking at its implementation in a number of selected countries, we will allow to assess the distinctive constitutional issues raised by such a tool. This Seminar will provide a unique opportunity for policy makers, social partners, civil society actors and academics to exchange views on the critical aspects of the European Arrest Warrant and to test and develop the thinking in the field.

• 2007 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons

  28 July 2008, by UNHCR
  The past year witnessed significant humanitarian developments. On the one hand, armed conflicts resulted in the movement of millions of people within and outside their countries; on the other hand, millions of displaced were able to return home or found another durable solution. However, the net result of these developments was that the number of people uprooted by armed conflict continued to rise for the second consecutive year.

• Inventory of the Agreements Linked to Readmission

  22 July 2008, by MIREM
  The inventory of all the standard bilateral readmission agreements, concluded by each of the 27 EU Member States, would not suffice to provide an overall picture of the various mechanisms and cooperative instruments that have emerged, over the last decade, to sustain the removal or expulsion of illegally staying third-country nationals.

• 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.

• Minutes of the CHALLENGE Training school : Migration, Visas and Asylum: Social, legal, political and economic issues

  15 July 2008, by Carrapiço Helena, Faure Atger Anaïs, Mir Miriam
  Since Maastricht, the issue of a common EU policy on the movement of third-country nationals into and across the EU has made its way steadily up the political agenda. The issue finds itself high on the priority lists of nearly all EU Council presidencies and forms part of the Strategic Objectives of the Barroso Commission. Yet the ‘migration dossier’ is highly complex as it comprises a considerable number of different facets, making it nearly impossible to find a «one size fits all» approach.

• Draft Programme of the trio of Presidencies in JHA

  15 July 2008, by European Presidency
  The French, Czech and Swedish Presidencies will coincide with a period of significant changes for the European Union. The end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 will be the last period of full-scale activity for the European Parliament and the Commission. The elections to the European Parliament in June 2009 and the appointment of a new Commission during the second half of 2009 will have a profound effect on the work of the three Presidencies.

• Proposal for a European Pact on Immigration and asylum

  15 July 2008, by European Presidency
  The European Council considers that the time has come to provide a new impetus, in a spirit of mutual responsibility and solidarity between Member States and also of partnership with third countries, to the definition of a common immigration and asylum policy that will take account of both the collective interest of the European Union and the specific needs of each Member State.

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