Border Security Matters May 2014

More documents

Recommendations

Info

IOM Director General William Lacy Swing, on a visit to the People’s Republic of China, has called for increased efforts to combat people smuggling and trafficking, and for strengthening of border management efforts. Standard, which aims to facilitate professional, effective and customer-friendly immigration service and management. At the launch in Beijing of the Chinese version of IOM’s latest World Migration Report, attended by senior government officials, embassies and media, Ambassador Swing heard how China is seeking to work more closely with other countries to deal with challenges posed by changing migration patterns, including an overall increase in the number of migrants. He noted that IOM has been helping Chinese ministries by providing expertise and cutting-edge technology for migration management. Ambassador Swing is continuing his meetings this week in Beijing with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he plans to further expand the bilateral relationship with China and broaden areas of cooperation. Source: http://www.iom.int Addressing the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai, Ambassador Swing noted CICA’s efforts to ensure peace and security and its work towards the elimination of irregular migration in a country where internal migration is equal to the number of international migrants worldwide. “Only by recognizing migrants’ rights and thinking about their well-being can migration be used for a country’s development,” said Swing. Chinese President Xi Jinping, one of several presidents attending the conference, welcomed IOM’s statement and expressed his appreciation of IOM’s efforts in managing international migration. During his visit to China, Director General Swing also gave the keynote speech at the International Forum of Immigration Inspection, hosted by the Ministry of Public Security in Shenzhen. The meeting was attended by senior officials from over 30 countries and international organizations with the objective of strengthening international cooperation on migration management. The forum adopted a common Immigration Inspection Viet Nam Acts against People Smuggling A two-day national workshop on counter-smuggling policy is taking place in Hanoi this week, organized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security – Immigration (MPSI), in cooperation with IOM. Funded by the Government of Canada, the workshop aims to enhance the capacity of Vietnamese government officials to formulate and implement effective counter-smuggling policies within the context of mixed migration flows. Participants at the workshop are discussing efforts to develop effective policies to prevent and combat people smuggling. International anti-smuggling experts from IOM, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process are working with 50 migration and law enforcement officials from MPSI and the Border Guards, looking at relevant international and regional strategies to counter human smuggling within the broader context of migration management. “This workshop is an important step towards addressing people smuggling more effectively,” says IOM Viet Nam Have you joined BORDERPOL yet? • Political clout and civic leadership • Professional development and training • Make connections • Industry information and resources • Professional consultancy and advice We Extend Our Fame by Our Deeds Membership Enquiries: secretariat@borderpol.org www.borderpol.org
Chief of Mission Florian Forster. “Viet Nam has undertaken great efforts to fight human trafficking over the last decade, but addressing people smuggling has become an additional challenge.” The national workshop is part of a regional effort to enhance capacity and cooperation in Southeast Asia to prevent and combat people smuggling. People smuggling has seen a steep rise over recent decades and today accounts for a significant portion of irregular migration around the world. Unlike human trafficking, it does not necessarily involve exploitation, coercion or violation of human rights; yet it often exposes migrants to vulnerable situations and the risk of subsequent exploitation. In recent years Viet Nam has seen worrying signs of irregular migration flows: cases were reported where criminal networks have used Viet Nam as a destination, source, and transit country for people smuggling, with final destinations as far away as North America, Europe and Australia. “Successful anti-smuggling work requires a balanced approach: between the protection of migrants and developing the regulatory and procedural framework to detect, investigate and prosecute those perpetrating the crime of human smuggling,” says Forster. Source: http://www.iom.int/ The European Center For Information Policy and Security ECIPS stress its concerns about raising tension in Ukraine Borders The European Center For Information Policy and Security’s Ukraine Security Assessment Report 2014 “ Which are the actors in the actual Ukrainian scenario according to the Putin political moves ? “ ECIPS stressed the future risk and bring emphases on the Russian “Hidden” agenda. The plan B of Putin as set out in the report indicates that indeed, many delegations could be misled to missing the point and the legal strategy followed by Putin to gain control over Ukraine. The design of new ethnic and territorial annexation to Russia has been prepared for many years, eased by the last Ukrainian Presidencies, openly sympathetic to Moscow. The same armed forces, the special units of the Ukrainian SBU were trained by the FSB the former KGB that has all the tactical information to control the city’s infrastructure, such as maps of the government buildings, those easily conquered by pro-Russians armed groups. Put the squeeze on without squeezing in. Baron ® G58 ISR. Intelligence. Surveillance. Reconnaissance. Defense and law enforcement agencies around the world are able to rely on the Beechcraft Baron G58 ISR. The aircraft is capable of six-hour missions. Equally important, it has a large cabin, air conditioning and high dispatch reliability. Fitted with a state-of-the-art surveillance camera, recording and data link systems, and police/military communications, the Baron G58 ISR provides the surveillance/intelligence you need for court evidence, or to prosecute the target. U.S. and the Americas +1.316.676.0800 | EMEA +44(0) 1244.893.851 | Asia-Pacifi c +65.6423.0321 | Beechcraft.com ©2014 Beechcraft Corporation. All rights reserved. Beechcraft and King Air are the registered trademarks of Beechcraft Corporation.
Page 1 and 2: Border Security Matters Vol: May 20
Page 3: Canada Hosts Meeting on Immigration
Page 7 and 8: within the EU has never been more i
Page 9 and 10: efforts with the integrated border
Page 11 and 12: Topics of Discussion Migration Move
Page 13 and 14: Closed Agency Only Pre-Registration
Page 15 and 16: of responsibility across the NOCC
Page 17 and 18: esult without dictating the means o
Page 19 and 20: Guests attending the event were giv
Page 21 and 22: technology for border control solut
Page 23 and 24: News and updates from the Secretari
Page 25: 3 rd World BORDERPOL Congress 9 th

Border Security Matters May 2014

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?