European Border and Coast Guard – update of EU rules

Our submission is intended to inform the Commissions deliberations on the preparation of a proposal for a regulation introducing revised rules for Frontex (EBCG). It aims to highlight issues related to responsibility/liability relevant to the development of the forthcoming rules. The present contribution draws upon the Joint Guidelines on Shared Responsibility for the European Integrated Border Management (EIBM).

As a lecturer in International Law at the University of Westminster and one of the convenors and authors of the Declaration on Externalisation and Asylum, (co-convenors: Prof. David Cantor, Dr. Nikolas Tan, and Dr. Mariana Gkliati) I would like to bring to the Commission's attention the Refugee Law Initiatives Declaration on Externalisation and Asylum (Externalisation Declaration).

The lack of regulatory clarity on Frontexs tasks undermines accountability and facilitates practices that violate the fundamental rights of people on the move, eroding EU values and international obligations. Serious violations have been observed at EU maritime borders during disembarkations.

Submission 3/3 Dear all, My name is Mariana Gkliati, and I am Assistant Professor of Migration and Asylum Law at Tilburg University. I have published extensively on Frontex, especially in relation to its human rights responsibilities, and I have focused in particular on the role of Frontex in returns and in cooperation with third countries.

Submission 2/3 Dear all, My name is Mariana Gkliati, and I am Assistant Professor of Migration and Asylum Law at Tilburg University. I have published extensively on Frontex, especially in relation to its human rights responsibilities, and I have focused in particular on the role of Frontex in returns and in cooperation with third countries.

submission 1/3 Dear all, My name is Mariana Gkliati, and I am Assistant Professor of Migration and Asylum Law at Tilburg University. I have published extensively on Frontex, especially in relation to its human rights responsibilities, and I have focused in particular on the role of Frontex in returns and in cooperation with third countries.

Entrust welcomes the European Commissions initiative to review and strengthen the mandate and operations of Frontex. This is both timely and highly relevant considering the imminent operationalisation of the Entry/Exit System (EES).

We see the gradual reinforcement of Frontex as an integral part of the problematic expansion of the EU security and surveillance industrial complex, which thrives by developing technologies of control and repression against migrant people.

The revised rules will help the EU achieve its external border management objectives, as set out in President von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines for 2024-2029, including to make the EU’s return policy more efficient. I would also propose that consideration be given to establishing ordinary links for immigrants in Europe to be allocated to job vacancies in individual European countries.

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Since the last call for evidence on the review and evaluation of the European Border and Coast Guard/Frontex Regulation, submitted by I Have Rights on 22 September 2022, Frontex (henceforth the Agency) has failed to apply, once again, Article 46 of the Regulation, expanding the implementation gap between the intention the Regulation and the Agencys current practice in Greece.

The Government of the Canary Islands, as an outermost region of the EU recognised in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, with a strategic geographical location on the Atlantic migratory routes, provides the following observations and proposals, based on its direct experience and specific challenges, seeking to strengthen the efficiency of the European border management and return system from a…

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Strengthening Frontex Against Corruption and Drug Trafficking at the Southern Borders of the European Union The persistent phenomenon of police corruption and the expansion of narcotics trafficking networks along the southern borders of the European Union, particularly at the frontier zones between the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Morocco, represents a grave threat to the rule of law, public order, and…

Our feedback to the European Commission highlights the strategic integration of the European Trade Indexes Registry (EUTIR) as a foundational element for strengthening the European Border and Coast Guards operational capabilities. Developed by the DigitalTrade4.EU consortium, this proposal supports the modernisation of EU border management through a secure, decentralised, and interoperable digital infrastructure.