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fran · q2 2016
External borders refer to the borders between
Member States and third countries.
The borders between Schengen Associated
Countries (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland
and Switzerland) and third countries are
considered as external borders as well. In
turn, the borders between Schengen Associated
Countries and Schengen Member
States are considered as internal borders.
For the indicators on detections of facilitators,
illegal stay and asylum, statistics
are also reported for detections at the
land borders between Schengen Member
States and Schengen candidates (Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus and Romania) or
non-Schengen Member States (the UK and
Ireland), so that a total for Member States
and Schengen Associated Countries as a
whole can be presented. It was not possible
to make this distinction for air and
sea borders since Member States do not
habitually differentiate between extra-
EU and intra-EU air and sea connections
but tend to aggregate data for all arrivals.
When data are examined at the level of
third-country nationalities, a large percentage
usually falls under the category
of either ‘Other (not specified)’ or ‘Unknown’.
It is expected that the percentage
reported under these categories will
decrease with time as Member States improve
the quality and speed of their identification,
data collection and reporting
practices. It should be noted that if an individual’s
nationality cannot be established
before reports are submitted, it will be reported
as ‘Unknown’.
Acknowledgements
The Frontex Risk Analysis Unit would like
to express its gratitude to all FRAN and
EDF-RAN members and their associates
in Member State statistical, migration and
document-fraud units who collect, aggregate
and exchange monthly data, but
also to the analysts who compile the bimonthly
analytical reports, on which much
of the detailed analyses presented here
are based.
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