Summary of the Breakout Groups Findings

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Summary of the Breakout Groups Findings

• Bali Process Workshop on
• Operationalising Immigration Intelligence
• Singapore, 2006

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What are the immigration other risks faced by
our immigration officers?
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Pre-Arrival Processing

• Difficulties in obtaining accurate/complete
  advance information of travellers
• Inadequate training for officers
• Limited access to timely intelligence
• Lack of integration of multi-border concept

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At the Borders

• Couriers swapping boarding passes on behalf of
  passengers
• Facilitators checking in on behalf of passengers

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At the Borders

• Human trafficking people smuggling
• Illegal entry exit
• Impersonation
• Increasing cross-border traveller volume

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At the Borders

• Persons arriving without valid travel documents,
  including visas
• Persons holding forged/tampered/
  counterfeit/fraudulently obtained travel
  documents (e.g. passports, visas)
• Persons swapping boarding passes

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Post-Arrival Investigations

• Illegal workers, including those engaging in vice
  activities
• Foreigners overstaying
• Foreigners impersonating another persons
  identity
• Foreigners engaging in political / ethnic
  activities and crimes

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Post-Arrival Investigations

• Foreigners submitting fraudulent documents to
  apply for long-term stay
• Foreigners engaging in scam marriages
• Foreigners with multiple identities
• Foreigners abuse of refugee conventions

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What are the current measures adopted to curb
those risks problems?
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Common Measures

• Capacity Confidence Building
• Enhancing processes networks for intelligence
  sharing
• Giving rewards recognition to staff

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Common Measures

• Leveraging on technologies
• Use of multiple border concept (overcome
  geographical isolation)

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At the Borders/Post-Arrival

• Conducting covert/overt operations
• Enacting legislations against illegal immigration
  activities
• Engaging strategic partners public to deter
  illegal immigration activities
• Implementation of warning indexes

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At the Borders/Post-Arrival

• Imposition of security deposits for immigration
  facilities
• Verification of documents issued by foreign
  authorities

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How can those risks be mitigated and can Intel
play a part?
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Common Measures

• Engaging foreign countries authorities to assist
  offices in foreign missions/ consulates
• Engaging media educating members of the public
  to raise awareness support in countering
  illegal activities

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Common Measures

• Enhancing communication technological solutions
• Enhancing intelligence capacity confidence
  building
• Enhancing intelligence networks
• Maintaining regional contact list/directory

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Common Measures

• Maintaining continual enforcement legislative
  efforts
• Wider use of the Interpol database
• Conduct feasibility study on setting up of common
  intelligence database against syndicates for
  illegal migration transnational crimes

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Common Measures

• Conducting feasibility study on setting up
  individual jurisdiction websites for travel
  documents visa specimens to facilitate
  verification by designated authorities

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The End

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