News Article 14 September 2011
The European border agency Frontex will be provided with extended competences, the European Parliament decided on September 13th. The agreed provisions should also strengthen migrants’ rights. According to EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, the measures will "strengthen safeguards so as to guarantee the full respect of fundamental rights and improve the ability of Frontex to support member states more efficiently and more independently."
The majority of the world's population today lives in cities, and they are expanding at an unprecedented pace. Security challenges are growing more complex, from terrorism and organised crime to political and economic unrest, raising questions about the resilience of critical infrastructure, energy security and the effects of climate change.
The roundtable meeting looked at how Europe can tackle the problems caused by the fragmentation of Europe's security market.
The new Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announced to José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, that her government will terminate the current practice of enhanced border controls.
The SDA’s roundtable on September 22nd was dedicated to questions of the timely and accurate delivery of information to “front-line” staff, i.e. intelligence, counter-terrorism and private security stakeholders.
The European border agency Frontex will be provided with extended competences, the European Parliament decided on September 13th.