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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:27:00 +0100
To: statewatch@gn.apc.org
From: statewatch-off@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Subject: EU-US cooperation & Smart Borders: 30 July 2015 (18/15)
Statewatch: New Analysis & Briefing, 30 July 2015 (17/15)
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1. EU: Statewatch Analysis: EU-USA Justice and Home Affairs
cooperation: an honest and equal relationship?
2. EU: Statewatch Briefing: Preparing the ground for "smart borders":
EU action on "overstayers"
3. EU: Smart borders: European Commission and Member States at odds
over digitising passport stamps
1. EU: Statewatch Analysis
EU-USA Justice and Home Affairs cooperation: an honest and equal
relationship? (pdf):
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch Director, comments:
"The USA role in justice and home affairs is like that of the 29th EU
state. Year after year since 2001 there have been regular meetings of
Ministers and Senior Officials in Brussels and Washington - it also
attended the six-monthly G6 meetings of EU Interior Ministers (and its
preparatory meetings)
The USA is a major, unseen, influence on EU justice and home affairs
policies and practices and uses the meetings to lobby for direct
access to EU and Member State databases.
These meetings take place on the oft-repeated assumption that the USA
and the EU "share common values of democracy, the rule of law and
respect for human rights and fundamental values". However, there are
many people, in Europe and the USA, who do indeed believe we share
these "common values", but not the policies and practices of our
governments."
2. EU: Statewatch Briefing
Preparing the ground for "smart borders": EU action on "overstayers"
(pdf) by Zakeera Suffee:
"Quiet preparations for the EU's ambitious "smart borders" proposals
are ongoing. This will require the fingerprinting of all non-EU
residents entering the Schengen area, and is made up proposals for an
Entry/Exit System intended to detect visa "overstayers"; a Registered
Traveller Programme for the vetting of selected individuals before
they arrive at EU borders; and proposals for relevant legal amendments
to the Schengen Borders Code....
The multiple efforts to ensure ever-greater capture, storage and
sharing of information suggest that people on the move are
increasingly seen as a threat that needs to be regulated and managed
through high-tech surveillance combined with "on-the-ground"
information-gathering and police operations. All of these initiatives
pose significant challenges to fundamental rights, in different ways.
The fact that they are, for the most part, discussed and prepared in
secret only adds to the concerns that they raise."
3. EU: Smart borders: European Commission and Member States at odds
over digitising passport stamps
The EU wants to replace ink-on-paper passport stamps with a digital
alternative as part of its plans for an Entry/Exit System supposed to
detect visa "overstayers". Member States are not convinced by the
idea.
A proposed new database known as the Entry/Exit System (EES) would
require the fingerprinting of all non-residents entering the Schengen
area, with the aim of making it easier to calculate and detect who has
"overstayed" their visa entitlement. A Registered Traveller Programme
(RTP), for the vetting of certain travellers before they reach EU
borders, would also be introduced, along with amendments to the
Schengen Borders Code.
However, the Commission's plan has raised concerns amongst the Member
States. Documents obtained by Statewatch show that a majority of
Member States consider passport stamps to be the most effective way of
detecting overstayers
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:27:00 +0100
To: statewatch@gn.apc.org
From: statewatch-off@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Subject: EU-US cooperation & Smart Borders: 30 July 2015 (18/15)
Statewatch: New Analysis & Briefing, 30 July 2015 (17/15)
Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/
e-mail: office@statewatch.org
Follow us on and
1. EU: Statewatch Analysis: EU-USA Justice and Home Affairs
cooperation: an honest and equal relationship?
2. EU: Statewatch Briefing: Preparing the ground for "smart borders":
EU action on "overstayers"
3. EU: Smart borders: European Commission and Member States at odds
over digitising passport stamps
1. EU: Statewatch Analysis
EU-USA Justice and Home Affairs cooperation: an honest and equal
relationship? (pdf):
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch Director, comments:
"The USA role in justice and home affairs is like that of the 29th EU
state. Year after year since 2001 there have been regular meetings of
Ministers and Senior Officials in Brussels and Washington - it also
attended the six-monthly G6 meetings of EU Interior Ministers (and its
preparatory meetings)
The USA is a major, unseen, influence on EU justice and home affairs
policies and practices and uses the meetings to lobby for direct
access to EU and Member State databases.
These meetings take place on the oft-repeated assumption that the USA
and the EU "share common values of democracy, the rule of law and
respect for human rights and fundamental values". However, there are
many people, in Europe and the USA, who do indeed believe we share
these "common values", but not the policies and practices of our
governments."
2. EU: Statewatch Briefing
Preparing the ground for "smart borders": EU action on "overstayers"
(pdf) by Zakeera Suffee:
"Quiet preparations for the EU's ambitious "smart borders" proposals
are ongoing. This will require the fingerprinting of all non-EU
residents entering the Schengen area, and is made up proposals for an
Entry/Exit System intended to detect visa "overstayers"; a Registered
Traveller Programme for the vetting of selected individuals before
they arrive at EU borders; and proposals for relevant legal amendments
to the Schengen Borders Code....
The multiple efforts to ensure ever-greater capture, storage and
sharing of information suggest that people on the move are
increasingly seen as a threat that needs to be regulated and managed
through high-tech surveillance combined with "on-the-ground"
information-gathering and police operations. All of these initiatives
pose significant challenges to fundamental rights, in different ways.
The fact that they are, for the most part, discussed and prepared in
secret only adds to the concerns that they raise."
3. EU: Smart borders: European Commission and Member States at odds
over digitising passport stamps
The EU wants to replace ink-on-paper passport stamps with a digital
alternative as part of its plans for an Entry/Exit System supposed to
detect visa "overstayers". Member States are not convinced by the
idea.
A proposed new database known as the Entry/Exit System (EES) would
require the fingerprinting of all non-residents entering the Schengen
area, with the aim of making it easier to calculate and detect who has
"overstayed" their visa entitlement. A Registered Traveller Programme
(RTP), for the vetting of certain travellers before they reach EU
borders, would also be introduced, along with amendments to the
Schengen Borders Code.
However, the Commission's plan has raised concerns amongst the Member
States. Documents obtained by Statewatch show that a majority of
Member States consider passport stamps to be the most effective way of
detecting overstayers
USING THE STATEWATCH WEBSITE
News Online: http://www.statewatch.org/news/newsfull.htm
Whats New (all new items): http://www.statewatch.org/whatsnew.htm
In the News: http://www.statewatch.org/news/Newsinbrief.htm
Observatories (20): http://www.statewatch.org/observatories.htm
Analyses (1999 - ongoing): http://www.statewatch.org/analyses.htm
Statewatch Bulletin/Journal: Archive: Since 1991:
http://www.statewatch.org/subscriber/
Database, over 31,000 items: http://database.statewatch.org/search.asp
Statewatch European Monitoring & Documentation Centre on Jutice and
Home Affairs in the EU: http://www.statewatch.org/semdoc/
JHA Archive - EU Justice and Home Affairs documents from 1976 onwards:
http://www.statewatch.org/semdoc/index.php?id=1143
About Statewatch: http://www.statewatch.org/about.htm
________________________________________________ Statewatch:
Monitoring the state and civil liberties in Europe PO Box 1516,
London, N16 0EW. UK tel: +44(0)20-8802-1882; fax: +44(0)20-8880-1727
http://www.statewatch.org To unsubscribe send an email with 'remove'
in the subject line to office@statewatch.org from the address you
would like to remove
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