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fran · q2 2016
Sources and Methods
For the data concerning detections at the
external borders, some of the border types
are not applicable to all FRAN Member
States. This pertains to data on all FRAN
indicators since the data are provided disaggregated
by border type. The definitions
of detections at land borders are therefore
not applicable (excluding borders with
non-Schengen principalities) for Belgium,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden,
Switzerland and the UK. For Cyprus, the
land border refers to the Green Line demarcation
with the area not under the effective
control of the government of the
Republic of Cyprus. For sea borders, the
definitions are not applicable for landlocked
Member States including Austria,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg,
Slovakia and Switzerland.
In addition, data on detections of illegal
border-crossing at land, air and sea BCPs
(1B) are not available for Iceland, Ireland
and Spain and in Greece (these detections
are included in the data for Indicator 1A).
Data for Norway only includes detections
of illegal border-crossing at land and sea
BCPs (1B), not between BCPs (1A).
Data on detections of illegal border-crossing
between sea BCPs (1A) are not available
for Ireland.
Data on apprehension (FRAN Indicator 2)
of facilitators is not available for Ireland.
For Italy, the data are not disaggregated
by border type, but are reported as total
apprehensions (not specified). Data for Italy
and Norway also include the facilitation
of illegal stay and work. For Romania, the
data include land intra-EU detections on
exit at the border with Hungary.
For the data concerning detections of illegal
stay (FRAN Indicator 3), data for Austria
for June 2016 are not available, data
on detections on exit are not available for
Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the UK.
Data on refusals of entry (FRAN Indicator
4) at the external EU borders are not
disaggregated by reason of refusal for Ireland
and the UK. Refusals of entry at the
Spanish land borders at Ceuta and Melilla
(without the issuance of a refusal form) are
reported separately and are not included
in the presented FRAN data.
The data on applications for international
protection (FRAN Indicator 5) are not disaggregated
by place of application (type of
border on entry or inland applications) for
Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovenia.
For these countries, only the total number
of applications is reported. For France, only
asylum applications at the external borders
are reported, not inland applications.
For the UK, data reported for applications
at air BCPs also include applications at sea
BCPs. Data for Austria are not yet available
from December 2015 until June 2016.
The data on return decisions issued (FRAN
Indicator 7A) are not available for Ireland,
France, the Netherlands and Sweden. The
data on effective returns (FRAN Indicator
7B) are not available for Ireland. In addition,
the data of effective returns are not
disaggregated by return operation (voluntary
and forced) for Spain. The data on
voluntary effective returns (FRAN Indicator
7A) are not disaggregated by type of return
operation (IOM-assisted and others)
for Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland
and the Netherlands. The data on forced
effective returns (FRAN Indicator 7A) are
not disaggregated by type of return operation
(enforced by Member Stated and
by Joint Operations) for Belgium, Finland,
Iceland and the Netherlands. For Indicator
7A, data for Belgium are not available
for June 2016 and data for Sweden up to
May 2016 are note available. For Indicator
7B, data for Austria are not available since
October 2015.
Data for passenger flow for Spain are not
available according to definition. Data are
not available for Denmark for May 2016,
and for Belgium, Island, Denmark and Portugal
data are not yet available for June
2016.
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