Stockholm Region Information Day

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Stockholm Region Information Day Brussels 22
Oct 2008
Justice, Freedom and Security Carl-Henrik
HAMRIN European Commission Directorate-General
Justice, Freedom and Security Unit A.5
Communication http//www.europa.eu.int/comm/justi
ce_home/index_en.htm
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Outline of presentation

• Role of DG JLS
• JLS Communication
• An EU approach to immigration

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Director-General Jonathan FAULL
01 Internal Audit Joseph ONEILL
AssistantsChiara ADAMOTelmo BALTAZAR
Adviser Diane SCHMITT
Adviser JoaquimNUNES DE ALMEIDA
Deputy Director-General vacant
Directorate CMigration and BordersJean-Louis DE
BROUWER
Directorate EJusticeFrancisco FONSECA MORILLO
Directorate BImmigration and Asylum Jean-Louis
DE BROUWER f.f.
Directorate AGeneral AffairsTung-Laï MARGUE
Directorate DFundamental Rights and Citizenship
Francisco FONSECA MORILLO f.f.
Directorate FSecurityLotte Knudsen f.f.
A.1
Strategic policy, evaluation and institutional
affairs
C.1
E.1
F.1
B.1
D.1
Border management and return policy
Immigration and Integration
Fight against Terrorism
General justice issuesand e-justice
Fundamental Rights and Protection of Children
Lotte KNUDSEN
Jan DE CEUSTER
Martin SCHIEFFER f.f.
Ernesto BIANCHI
Nicola ANNECCHINO
Lina PAPAMICHALOPOULOU f.f.
C.2
F.2
B.2
A.2
IT projects Infrastructure and legal issues
Fight against organised crime
Asylum
D.2
External relationsand enlargement
E.2
Citizenship
Angela MARTINI f.f.
Civil Justice
Frank PAUL
Lotte KNUDSEN f.f.
Ernesto BIANCHI f.f.
Luigi SORECA
Salla SAASTAMOINEN
A.3
D.3
B.3
C.3
F.3
Human Resource management and IT
Anti drugs policy
Large-scale IT-systems and Biometrics
Police co-operation and access to information
International aspects of migration and visa policy
Carel EDWARDS
E.3
Beate GMINDER
Criminal Justice
D.4
Peter BOSCH f.f.
Bernardus KLOPPENBORG f.f.
Financial support Fundamental Rights and
Citizenship
Fabio MARINI f.f.
Peter-Jozsef CSONKA
A.4
Budget and control
B.4
F.4
C.4
E.4
Frédéric KNECHCIAK
Financial support Immigration and Asylum
Financial support - Security
Renatas MAZEIKA
Financial support Migration and Borders
Financial support - Justice
D.5
A.5
Muriel GUIN
Lina PAPAMICHALOPOULOU
Frank ANTOINE-POIREL f.f.
Data Protection
Patrick TROUSSON f.f.
Communication
Nathalie CRESTE
Alain BRUN
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Update 01/10/2008
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Agencies in the JLS area

• EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and
  Drug Addiction), Lisbon Wolfgang GÖTZ
• FRA (Fundamental Rights Agency), Vienna Morten
  KJAERUM
• FRONTEX, Warsaw Illka LAITINEN
• EUROPOL, The Hague Max-Peter RATZEL
• CEPOL (European Police College), Bramshill Ulf
  GÖRANSSON
• EUROJUST, The Hague Michael G. KENNEDY

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Communicating EUROPE
Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate High
priority Communications, White paper, Action
Plan New mandates What the EU mean to you
personally? (1) Freedom to travel study and
work, 52 - Eurobarometer surveys (e.g. SIS II)
(2) Euro, 39 (3) Peace, 33 More crime, 16
Active Participative Citizenship
Public consultations/follow up, Citizens
initiative Citizens Summary Online All EU
languages Staff as Ambassador
Back-to-School, Green teams European
public sphere Europe by Satellite, EuroNews,
EUtube Europe for Citizens, Going local, Road
shows, etc
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JLSNET DG JLS INTRANET
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Widespread support for more EU-level decision
making
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Free Movement Migration

• Freedom of Movement, Art 48 - Directive
  2004/38!
• Migration policy - taken as a whole See Key
  messages Team Project!
• - Illegal migration
• - Illegal migration, Communication
• - Return, Directive
• -Sanctions against employment of illegally
  staying TCNs "Pull factor- Legal migration
  Blue card, migrants rights ICTs, etc.
  
• Asylum EURODAC, Policy plan Open and
  transparent policy decision
• Integration Best practices,
  burden sharing, funds 4 bn EUR
• - Global approach Cooperation with partner
  countries Circular migration
• - Readmission/Visa facilitation EC agreements
  with Russia, Ukraine, etc
• Visa Common Application Centres, e.g. Moldova
• - Borders FRONTEX, EU Joint operations

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• Most frequent questions
• - Migration I -

• EU stands for repression!
• Dont see the Return policy (Directive 2008) in
  isolation
• Proposal of European Blue card, e.g. the
  opposite
• Efficient return policy allows more generous
  legal immigration
• Return directive contains also legal rights
  guarantees for illegal immigrants.
• EU is open only to highly qualified workers!
• Programme defines rights for all migrant workers
  - and a single application procedure
• Also Seasonal workers, Intra-corporate
  transferees and Remunerated trainees to be
  covered by similar directives.
• EU migration policy is purely selfish!
• No, Cultural and Social enrichment are explicit
  objectives
• Family reunification is guaranteed by COM
  directive since 2003
• Rights of Third country long term residents
  already guaranteed by EU law
• EU prosperity developed in tandem with
  solidarity with third countries

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• Most frequent questions
• - Migration II -

• Return Directive, approved 18 June 2008, for
  human dignity!
• Earlier fragmentised approach, sometimes
  unacceptable conditions
• Directive provide legal bases allowing effective
  judicial control
• Expulsion - Now only under common legal
  guarantees
• Detention - Now max 6 month earlier 9 MS
  indefinitely!
• Entry ban Now max 5 years earlier several
  MS unlimited!
• Voluntary return Now the first priority
  measure always
• Illegal immigrants Now Rights of appeal,
  language/legal support, medical, over-riding
  interest of the child, educational, need of those
  most vulnerable
• Leaves unaffected asylum procedures

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• Most frequent questions
• - Migration IV -

• EU Funding available!
• Solidarity Programme - for the period 2007-2013
• European Refugee Fund - 699 M
• Integration Fund - 825 M
• Return fund - 676 M
• External Borders Fund 1.820 M
• In total 4.020 million

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Thank you for Your attention !
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n.htm