COUNCIL OF Brussels, 11 October 2002 (16.10) THE EUROPEAN UNION (OR. en,es)

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SCH-EVAL 22 COMIX 550

ADDENDUM TO THE NOTE from : Spanish delegation to : Schengen Evaluation Working Party Subject: Evaluation of the implementation of the Schengen acquis in

1. Introduction

Following the discussions of the Schengen Evaluation Group on 2 October, the Spanish delegation hereby presents additional information on the proposed sites for the evaluation of the external borders and of the proposed consulates in its document SCH-EVAL-22.

In order to provide a wider range of options, additional sites have been included in the information on external border controls with their corresponding data. Maps with the location of the proposed sites have also been included.

In line with the request of delegations, the Spanish Consulate-General in Lima, , has been added and information on visas issued by the consulates in Havana, Santo Domingo, Bogota and Lima is also provided.

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Consulate-General in Santo Domingo.

The short-stay visa has been a requirement for nationals of the Dominican Republic since 1993. The number of visas issued by the consulate since 1993 has increased significantly each year. For example, roughly 6,000 visas of all kinds were issued in 1997, compared with 13,200 in the period up to 30 September this year. Based on the trend in recent years, it is estimated that the consulate will issue over 20,000 visas a year in the next two or three years.

Visa management:

Visas issued in 2001:

Airport transit: 8 Transit: 78 Short-stay: 8,363 Long-stay: 5,787 TOTAL: 14,236

Visas issued in the first half of 2002:

Airport transit: 3 Transit: 27 Short-stay: 4,739 Long-stay: 3,116 TOTAL: 7,885

12473/02 ADD 1 urq/STCS/ac 2 DG H EN The main problems encountered by the consulate when processing visa applications stem from submission of false documents, as well as false information on people's identities (date of birth, occupation, qualifications, marital status, etc.)

Local consular cooperation within the European Union framework is fluid. Apart from informal contacts and telephone queries, approximately two consular cooperation meetings are held during each Presidency. The only other Member States with consulates in the capital of the Dominican Republic are France, the , the , and Italy.

Spain issues three times more visas each year than all the other EU consulates together.

COLOMBIA

Consulate in Bogota

The short-stay visa has been a requirement for nationals of the Republic of Colombia since 2 January 2002.

Colombia's political and socioeconomic situation is the reason for the large increase in the number of visas issued in recent years.

Visa management:

Visas issued in 2001:

Airport transit: 3 Transit: 88 Short-stay: 1,692 Long-stay: 9,563 TOTAL: 11,346

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Visas issued in the first half of 2002:

Airport transit: 6 Transit: 192 Short-stay: 6,940 Long-stay: 4,255 TOTAL: 11,393

The main problems encountered by the consulate when processing visa applications are the number of applications to be dealt with (21,624 in the first nine months of this year), the large amount of false documentation submitted and the enormous social and psychological pressure caused by the country's internal situation.

Consular coooperation within the European Union framework is fluid. The other Member States with consulates in Bogota are France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.

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Consulate-General in Havana

Visa management:

Visas issued in 2001:

Airport transit: 1 Transit: 1,295 Short-stay: 8,436 Long-stay: 4,101 TOTAL: 13,813

Visas issued in the first half of 2002:

Airport transit: 46 Transit: 653 Short-stay: 4,532 Long-stay: 1,975 TOTAL: 7,206

The airport transit visa has been a requirement since 1 January this year.

The main problems encountered by the consulate when processing visa applications stem mainly from the submission of false documents, as well as false documentation concerning people's identities (date of birth, particulars, marital status) and the reasons for applications. The number of applications to register marriages taking place in Cuba under Cuban law between Cubans and Spaniards is significant. Once granted, these applications are followed by visa applications.

Local consular cooperation within the European Union framework is average.

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REPUBLIC OF PERU

Consulate in Lima

The short-stay visa has been a requirement for nationals of Peru since February 1992. The number of applications has grown steadily in recent years.

Visas issued in 2001:

Airport transit: 3 Transit: 563 Short-stay: 7,327 Long-stay: 9,265 TOTAL: 17,158

Visas issued in the first half of 2002:

Airport transit: 0 Transit: 239 Short-stay: 4,026 Long-stay: 4,816 TOTAL: 9,081

The main problems encountered in the processing of applications stem from the submission of false documents, as well as false information concerning people's identities and/or the reasons for applications.

Consular cooperation within the European Union framework is fluid. The other Member States with consulates in Lima are France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Portugal and Italy.

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C O N T E N T S

A. Land border posts:

A. 2. Ceuta A. 2. A. 3. La Línea de la Concepción A. 4. Seo de Urgel A. 5. Conclusions

B. Sea border posts:

B. 1. of B. 2. Port of B. 3. Port of Almería B. 4. The "patera" phenomenon

C. Air border posts

C. 1. -Barajas airport C. 2. airport C. 3. Malaga airport C. 4. Las Palmas airport C. 5. airport C. 6. airport C. 7. Conclusions

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A. Land border posts:

• Ceuta • Melilla • Seo de Urgel • La Línea de la Concepción

Seo Urgel

La Línea

Ceuta Melilla Melilla

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A. External land borders

In Spain there are four external land borders: Ceuta, Melilla, La Línea de la Concepción and Seo de Urgel.

A.1. Ceuta:

The city of Ceuta is in North Africa.

Ceuta shares a border with Morocco. There is only one land border post (Tarajal).

Residents of towns near the border do not require a visa to enter the city of Ceuta. For this reason, there are two controls in Ceuta itself: the land control on entry to the city and the sea control on departure. To be admitted, Moroccan citizens must have a valid passport or a Moroccan identity card (the Necua) stating their address so that their residence and right to admission can be determined.

Border movements in 2001:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 9,233,373 9,007,560

A large number of people are refused admission at the border because they fail to meet the entry requirements, generally through lack of proper documentation.

Persons refused admission in 2001: 41,082

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A.2. Melilla:

The city of Melilla, like Ceuta, is in North Africa.

It shares a border with Morocco and has four operational border posts: Beni Enzar, Barrio Chino, Farhana and Marihuari.

Residents of towns near the border do not require a visa to enter the city of Melilla. For this reason there are two controls in Mellila itself: the land control on entry to the city and the sea or air control on departure. The Moroccan citizens in question must have a valid passport or a Moroccan identity card to be admitted.

Border movements in 2001:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 7,668,754 7,678,480

A large number of people are refused admission at the border because they fail to meet the entry requirements, generally through lack of proper documentation.

Persons refused admission in 2001: 819,873

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A.3. La Línea de la Concepción:

Spain is entered from Gibraltar through La Línea de la Concepción, 1 which is not actually on the external land border. For this reason, La Línea de la Concepción is not a border post but rather a police control point at which entry controls are performed. The stamp authorising entry through the police control point at La Línea de la Concepción differs from the approved Schengen stamp.

2001:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 1,820,621 1,821,631

A.4. Seo de Urgel:

This border post is in the north-east of Spain on the border with Andorra, which in turn borders with France. Although Seo de Urgel is an external border, its geographical position means that it has only a very small number of non-Schengen movements.

2001:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 1,295,118 1,284,608

1 The customs and police control point is not on the border as recognised by Spain under the Treaty of Utrecht.

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B. Sea border posts:

• (Cádiz) • Port of Almería • • Port of Santurce- • Port of Ceuta • Port of El Musel-Gijón • Port of Ibiza • Port of La Coruña • Port of La Luz-Las Palmas • Port of Mahón () • Port of Melilla • Port of Palma de Mallorca • Port of Pasajes-San Sebastían • Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife • • Port of Málaga • Port of • Port of Cádiz • Port of Sevilla • Port of (Granada) • (Murcia) • Port of el Grao-Castellón • Port of - • Port of El Ferrol (La Coruña) • Port of la Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz) • Port of (Pontevedra) • Port of • Port of Tarragona • Port of Santander • Port of (Valencia) • Port of Avilés ()

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Ferrol Ferrol Avilés A Coruña Bilbao Gijón S. Sebastián

Santander

Vigo

Barcelona

Tarragona

Castellón Sagunto Menorca

Valencia P. Mallorca Ibiza

Alicante Sevilla

Motríl Cartagena Huelva Cadíz

Lanzarote Málaga Almería Algeciras La Línea Ten erife Ceuta

Las Palmas Melilla

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There are thirty-one authorised sea border crossing points in Spain, of which only the of Algeciras, Alicante, Almería have passenger shipping connections with third countries (Santander and Bilbao have not been included since they receive passengers only from the United Kingdom).

B.1. Port of Algeciras:

This is the largest Spanish port in terms of both number of passengers and volume of merchant ships.

It has passenger shipping connections with Ceuta and .

In addition to the everyday controls on entries and arrivals, a special operation ("Operación Paso del Estrecho") is organised each year to deal with the increase in passenger flows across the Straits during the summer months.

The figures for passengers using the port of Algeciras in 2001 are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 1 016 672 844 957

368 aliens were refused entry in 2001 and were subject to return procedures.

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The importance of the port of Alicante is due to its passenger shipping connection with the Algerian port of Orán, and to the increased flow of passengers crossing the Straits during the summer months as part of "Operación Paso del Estrecho".

The figures for passengers using the port of Alicante in 2001 are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 119 548 123 756

463 aliens were refused entry in 2001.

B.3. Port of Almería:

The port of Almería has a passenger shipping connection with the Moroccan port of and, more recently, with the Algerian port of Ghazaouet.

In addition to the everyday controls on entries and arrivals, a special operation ("Operación Paso del Estrecho") is organised each year to deal with the increase in passenger flows across the Straits during the summer months.

The figures for passengers using the port of Alicante in 2001 are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 342 087 340 182

872 aliens were refused entry in 2001 and were subject to return procedures.

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B.4. The "pateras" phenomenon:

Another phenomenon at the sea borders is the arrival of illegal immigrants on board small vessels ("pateras"). These vessels arrive not at border posts, but rather all along the coastline, particularly in the south of the peninsula between Almería and Cádiz and in the , mainly Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.

The locations at which most vessels were detected in 2001 are the following:

Place No. of vessels Within vessel Outside vessel Algeciras 455 10 102 2 020 Fuerteventura 208 2 947 0 Almería 97 1 044 5 Lanzarote 75 1 022 0

The figures for vessels detected and for immigrants apprehended either in them or in the border area (and who presumably arrived in small vessels) are as follows :

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Port No. of vessels Within Outside Total Returned vessel vessel %

Cádiz 514 10 873 2 407 13 280 10 178 76,64

Canary Is. 285 4 105 4 105 1 119 27,26

Granada 91 1 031 4 1 035 1 020 99,13 Almería 97 1 044 5 1 049 975 92,94 Málaga 32 419 14 433 409 94,45 Ceuta 14 285 285 274 96,14

Melilla 4 65 65 53 81,54

T O T A L 20 252 1 038 17 822 2 430 14 028 69,27

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AIR BORDERS

C. Airport border posts:

• Madrid-Barajas airport • Prat-Barcelona airport • airport • Son San Juan-Palma de Mallorca airport • San Julian-Málaga airport • - • El Altet-alicante airport • Sondica- • Reina Sofía-Tenerife airport • • San Pablo-Sevilla airport • Gador-Almería airport • Aeropuerto de Ranón- • • Costa Brava-Gerona airport • Granada airport • Arrecife- • airport • • Parayas- • Labacolla-Santiago de Compostela airport • Foronda- • airport • Noain- airport • Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) airport • Villanubla- airport • Reus (Gerona) airport • Peinador-Vigo airport • San Javier-Murcia airport • La Coruña airport

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Asturias A Coruña Bilbao S. Sebastian Santander Santiago VitoPriaamplona Vigo Gerona Zaragoz Valladolid Reus Barcelona

Madrid

Menorca

Valencia P. Mallorca

Ibiza

Murcia Alicante Sevilla Granada Jerez

Almería Lanzarote Málaga La Palma Tenerife Fuerteventura

Las Palmas Melilla

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Thirty Spanish are officially recognised as air borders and have been notified as such under the Schengen system.

The most important airports and those which require particular attention in view of their passenger volumes and non-Schengen connections are Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga. Other airports such as Santiago de Compostela, Las Palmas and Tenerife receive mainly charter flights and are of less interest.

C.1. Madrid-Barajas airport:

This is the busiest airport in Spain and is located 8 kilometres from the city centre.

It has air connections with all North, Central and South American countries; with some African countries, in particular Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Morocco, and ; and with some Asian countries (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc.).

More than 34 million passengers passed through Madrid-Barajas airport in 2001.

5 458 foreigners were refused entry in 2001 and were subject to return procedures.

882 false documents were detected in 2001:

3 333 applications for asylum were processed in 2001.

93 visas were issued at the border.

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The most significant flights into Madrid airport from an immigration standpoint are the following:

Airport Flight From Frequency Arrival time Type of immigrants Madrid-Barajas IB-6634 Guayaquil Daily 13,40 Ecuadorian Madrid-Barajas KLM Amsterdam 4 flights daily 9,30; 11,30; Ecuadorian 19,00; 22,00 Madrid-Barajas IB-6520 San Juan Daily 9,20 Dominican (Sto. Republic Domingo.) Madrid-Barajas IB-3723 Dakar M-T-TH-Sun. 05,10 Sub-Saharan Madrid-Barajas IB-6050 Johannesbur M-T-TH-Sat. 06,50 Sub-Saharan g Madrid-Barajas IB-6977 El Cairo M-W-Sun. 06,30 Sub-Saharan Egyptian Madrid-Barajas Egyptair- El Cairo T-Th-Sat-Sun. 01,30 Sub-Saharan 753 Egyptian Madrid-Barajas IB-3703 Casablanca Daily 14,25 Moroccan Madrid-Barajas Royal M- Tangiers Daily 15,10 Moroccan 976 Madrid-Barajas - Moscow M-W-Fri-Sun. 23,00 Russian and 299 from other Eastern European countries. Madrid-Barajas MU-599 Peking W-Sun. 22,30 Chinese Madrid-Barajas RO-415 Bucharest M-T-W-Sat. 13,00 Romanian Madrid-Barajas Swiss- Zurich Daily 16,20 Sub-Saharan 2022 Madrid-Barajas IB-3477 Zurich Daily 15,20 Sub-Saharan Madrid-Barajas IB-3475 Zurich Daily 10,00 Sub-Saharan

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C.2. Barcelona airport:

This is the second busiest Spanish airport.

It has the most modern control systems, in terms of both computer connections for consulting police data and of equipment for detecting false documents.

The figures for passengers using Barcelona airport in 2001 are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 1 395 673 1 309 922

471 aliens were refused entry into Spain in 2001 and were returned.

Number of false documents detected in 2001: 152

Number of applications for asylum at the border in 2001: 10

Number of readmission procedures in 2001: 8

Number of visas issued at the border in 2001: 10

Particular attention is paid to the following non-Schengen flights:

El Cairo (Egypt)-Barcelona-Madrid;. Bucharest (Romania)-Barcelona. Ecuador-Madrid-Barcelona.

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C.3. Málaga airport:

This airport is more important in terms of charter flights than of regular flights.

The figures for passengers using Malaga airport in 2001 are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 2 340 189 2 316 521

158 aliens were refused entry and were subject to return procedures.

Number of false documents detected in 2001: 157

Number of applications for asylum at the border in 2001: 1

Number of visas issued at the border in 2001: 45

The following non-Schengen flights receive particular attention:

Moscow (Russia)-Malaga. Casablanca (Morocco)-Malaga. Tangiers (Morocco)-Malaga

C.4. Las Palmas airport:

This airport is the closest in the EU to Africa and, as a result, it receives a majority of flights from Africa.

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Like Malaga airport, Las Palmas receives a large number of charter flights with European citizens who come to spend their summer holidays in the Canary Islands. It also receives a large number of sailors in transit to or from the , which is one of the most important in terms of merchant shipping.

The figures for passengers using Las Palmas airport in 2001 are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 2 565 592 2 531 897

233 aliens were refused entry in 2001 and were subject to return procedures.

Number of false documents detected in 2001: 2

Number of applications for asylum at the border in 2001: 23

Number of visas issued at the border in 2001: 25

Most of the visas issued were to sailors, with 68 persons being granted collective visas of this type.

The following non-Schengen flights receive particularly close attention:

Havana (Cuba)-Las Palmas. Casablanca (Morocco)-Las Palmas. Dakar (Senegal)-Las Palmas. Nouatchot (Mauritania)-Las Palmas. Aiun-Las Palmas Cabo Verde-Las Palmas.

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Like Las Palmas airport and for the same reasons, Tenerife receives a large number of tourist charter flights.

The figures for passengers using Tenerife Sur (Reina Sofía) airport are as follows:

ENTRIES DEPARTURES 2 219 080 2 176 923

129 aliens were refused entry and were subject to return procedures in 2001.

Number of false documents detected in 2001: 25

Number of visas issued at the border in 2001: 2

The following non-Schengen flights are subject to particularly close attention:

Caracas (Venezuela)-Tenerife. Moscow (Russia)-Tenerife Prague (Czech Rep.)-Tenerife. Budapest (Hungary)-Tenerife Warsaw (Poland)-Tenerife

C.6. Santiago de Compostela airport:

This airport is located in the Autonomous Community of and is not significant in terms of volume of passengers. The only direct flights from third countries are from the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

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