Annex 1 External Borders Fund Multi-Annual
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ANNEX 1 EXTERNAL BORDERS FUND MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME (2007 – 2013) MEMBER STATE: Czech Republic (CR) FUND: External Borders Fund (EBF) RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY: Asylum and Migration Policy Department of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic (AMPD MOI CR) YEARS CONCERNED: 2007 - 2013 1 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 External Borders Fund – the Czech Republic TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. SITUATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ....................................................................3 1.1 The national situation and the migratory flows affecting it ......................................3 1.2 The measures undertaken by the Czech Republic so far.........................................28 1.3 The total national resources allocated ....................................................................34 2. ANALYSIS OF REQUIREMENTS IN CZECH REPUBLIC .......................................36 2.1 The requirements in the Czech Republic in relation to the baseline situation .........36 2.2 The operational objectives of the Czech Republic designed to meet its requirements 45 3. STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES .........................................................48 3.1 Priority 1...............................................................................................................48 3.2 Priority 3...............................................................................................................49 3.3 Priority 4...............................................................................................................50 3.4 Priority 5............................................................................................................... 53 Odstraněno: 53 4. COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS...................................................55 Vloženo: 53 4.1 Border control.......................................................................................................55 Odstraněno: 52 4.2 Visa policy and consular cooperation .................................................................... 56 Odstraněno: 56 4.3 Training of workers...............................................................................................56 Vloženo: 56 4.4 Overview of activities in the CR funded under PHARE/Transition facility............56 Odstraněno: 4.5 Coordination and complementarity........................................................................57 55 5. FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY............................. 58 Odstraněno: 58 5.1 Publication of the programme ............................................................................... 58 Vloženo: 58 5.2 The approach chosen to implement the principle of partnership.............................58 Odstraněno: 57 6. INDICATIVE FINANCING PLAN..............................................................................59 Odstraněno: 58 6.1 Community Contribution ......................................................................................59 Vloženo: 58 6.2 Overall financing plan...........................................................................................60 Odstraněno: 57 7. ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................62 2 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 External Borders Fund – the Czech Republic 1. SITUATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 1.1 The national situation and the migratory flows affecting it 1.1.1 Preparation of the Czech Republic for the accession to Schengen area The Czech Republic submitted an official application for accession to the EU in January 1996. The accession process was concluded on 1 May 2004, with the Czech Republic becoming the Member State of the EU. The Czech Republic has been preparing systematically for full participation in the Schengen cooperation since 1998, when the inter-ministerial Working Party on Schengen Cooperation was established. The preparation followed the Schengen Action Plan of which the last updated version was approved by the Czech government in February 2007. Subsequently the Czech government approved the National Plan for Integrated Border management of the Czech Republic , which was an updated version of a strategic document approved in June 2006. The document defined measures based on four tiers border security model to be taken before and after the abolition of border checks at internal borders. In 2007 preparation of the Czech Republic for full participation in Schengen cooperation entered its final stage since on 5 December 2006 the Council of the EU approved the abolition of checks at internal borders as of 31 December 2007, and at the air borders not later than by the end of March 2008. At the same time the JHA Council approved the SISone4all project thus opening the option to connect new Member States to the Schengen Information System. 1.1.2 Area of border control The Czech Republic (CR) is a landlocked Central European State which borders with four EU Member States. The length of common borders is as follows: Germany 810 km, Poland 762 km, Slovakia 252 km, and Austria 466 km. These borders have become “internal borders” as of 21 December 2007. The CR has air borders at 17 international airports where flights are operated from/to countries outside the Schengen area. At present border control is carried out by the Alien Police Service of the Czech Police pursuant to Act No 216/2002 Coll. on Protection of the State Borders and Act No 326/1999 Coll. on Aliens stay and other regulations. The Alien Police Service is a linearly managed unit with national jurisdiction, now focusing on border control at air borders and activities in the territory. In the period before 21 December 2007 technical resources preventing illegal crossing of borders were in place on cross-border routes. Checks of persons entering and leaving the territory of the CR and other tasks associated with the activity of the Czech Police were performed at land border crossings. Annually about 200 million foreign nationals were cleared at CR border crossing points. CR border control bodies have recorded a number of attempts at illegal entry and residence in the territory. As of 21 December 2007 the only external borders in the Czech Republic are the international airports that operate non-Schengen flights. Below attached graphs and tables show various statistics from 2003 until mid-2007. 3 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 External Borders Fund – the Czech Republic Table 1: Illegal migration in the CR Nelegální migrace p řes státní hranice z toho rok celkem pozemní tj % vzdušná tj % 2003 13 206 13 053 98,8 153 1,2 2004 10 695 10 435 97,6 260 2,4 2005 5 689 5 059 88,9 630 11,1 2006 4 371 3 827 87,6 544 12,4 1. pol. 2007 1 827 1 623 88,8 204 11,2 From Table 1 and Charts 1 and 2 below a progressive fall is evident in the total number of persons crossing the CR borders illegally, with a simultaneous fall in illegal migration across land borders. In comparison, the development of illegal migration across air borders reached its highest point of the 2003-07 period in 2005, with a progressive drop in the following years 2006-07. Chart 1 nelegální migrace na hranicích ČR 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 et osob et 6 000 č po 4 000 2 000 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. pol. rok 2007 celkem pozemní hranice letišt ě [Key Illegal migration at CR borders Number of persons 1st half of 2007 Year Total Land borders Airports] 4 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 External Borders Fund – the Czech Republic Chart 2 nelegální migrace na vzdušné hranici ČR 700 600 500 400 et osob et 300 č po 200 100 0 rok 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. pol. 2007 [Key Illegal migration at CR air borders Number of persons Year 1st half of 2007] From Table 1 and Chart 3 below a significant growth in the share of illegal migration across the air border is apparent, from 2.4 % in 2004 to 11.1 % in 2005. Chart 3 nelegální migrace p řes vzdušnou hranici ČR 14,0 12,0 10,0 8,0 6,0 podíl% v 4,0 2,0 0,0 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. pol. 2007 rok [Key Illegal migration across CR air border Share in % 1st half of 2007 Year] 5 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 External Borders Fund – the Czech Republic Table 2 Nelegální migrace p řes státní hranice z toho pozemní vzdušná rok celkem do ČR z ČR celkem do ČR z ČR celkem do ČR z ČR 2003 13 206 3 800 9 406 13 053 3 700 9 353 153 100 53 2004 10 695 2 752 7 943 10 435 2 582 7 853 260 170 90 2005 5 689 2 130 3 559 5 059 1 706 3 353 630 424 206 2006 4 371 1 621 2 750 3 827 1 271 2 556 544 350 194 1. pol. 2007 1 827 743 1 084 1 623 611 1 012 204 132 72 [Key Illegal migration across State borders Of which Land Air Year Total To CR From CR Total To CR From CR Total To CR From CR 1st half of 2007] Chart 4 nelegální migrace p řes vzdušné hranice ČR 700 600 500 400 etosob 300 č po 200 100 0 rok 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. pol. 2007 celkem do ČR z ČR [Key Illegal migration across CR air borders Number of persons Year 1st half of 2007 Total To CR From CR] 6 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME 2007 – 2013 External Borders Fund – the Czech Republic Chart 5 nelegální migrace p řes vzdušné hranice ČR 450 400 350 300 250 etosob 200 č 150 po 100 50 0 rok 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. pol. do ČR z ČR 2007 [Key Illegal migration across CR air borders Number of persons Year 1st half of 2007 To CR From CR] Chart 6 nelegální migrace p řes státní hranice ČR 10 000 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 et osob č 4 000 po 3 000 2 000 1 000 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 1. pol. rok do ČR z ČR 2007 [Key Illegal migration across State borders Number of persons 1st half of 2007 To CR From CR] 7 MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME