Dear all, These are scary plans: The EU Commission speaks in a press release about a new European border force, with much more budget than Frontex, with the 'right to intervene' even if member states do not invite them in, a strong role in deportations and in border interventions abroad... This would have far-reaching consequences for the ways EU borders are governed. Below is the opening statement of the press release. Go to the link and further below there are the concrete suggestions... http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6327_en.htm They have also produced this fact sheet: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/fact-sheets/docs/a_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf "The European Commission is today adopting an important set of measures to manage the EU's external borders and protect our Schengen area without internal borders. Today's proposals will help to manage migration more effectively, improve the internal security of the European Union, and safeguard the principle of free movement of persons. The Commission is proposing to establish a European Border and Coast Guard to ensure a strong and shared management of the external borders."
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Dr Maurice StierlVisiting Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, Davis
These are scary plans: The EU Commission speaks in a press release about a new European border force, with much more budget than Frontex, with the 'right to intervene' even if member states do not invite them in, a strong role in deportations and in border interventions abroad... This would have far-reaching consequences for the ways EU borders are governed. Below is the opening statement of the press release. Go to the link and further below there are the concrete suggestions... http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6327_en.htm
They have also produced this fact sheet: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/fact-sheets/docs/a_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf
"The European Commission is today adopting an important set of measures to manage the EU's external borders and protect our Schengen area without internal borders. Today's proposals will help to manage migration more effectively, improve the internal security of the European Union, and safeguard the principle of free movement of persons. The Commission is proposing to establish a European Border and Coast Guard to ensure a strong and shared management of the external borders."
Source:
info via Conni G.
Dr Maurice Stierl
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of California, Davis