Regional Cooperation in Combating People Smuggling and Human Trafficking

Bali Process Senior Officials’ Meeting: Brisbane 24-25 February 2009 Overview

• The Pacific Immigration Directors’ Conference (PIDC) – an example of regional cooperation between Pacific countries

• The Pacific Regional Immigration Identity Project – one of the PIDC’s projects The Pacific Immigration Directors’ Conference (PIDC)

• Pacific region immigration agencies’ forum • Promotes consultation and cooperation • Exchange of ideas, dissemination of information, provision of technical assistance • Focal point for collaboration with other regional and international bodies PIDC Membership Regional Reporting by the PIDC

• People Smuggling, Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration in the Pacific

• Intelligence Bulletin

• PIDC Newsletter Migration in the Pacific – 2007

• Visitor arrivals – 2 million visitors (excludes visitors to Australia & New Zealand)

• Border refusals – sharp increase to over 800 (excludes visitors to Australia & New Zealand) People Smuggling Legislation

Member People smuggling Member People smuggling Key:

American Samoa New Zealand Legislation meets UN Australia Niue and/or regional standards CNMI Norfolk Island

Cook Islands Palau No relevant legislation

Fiji PNG

French Polynesia Samoa Limited legislation FSM Solomon Islands

Guam Tonga Relevant information could Kiribati Tuvalu not be found Marshall Islands Vanuatu

Nauru Wallis & Futuna

New Caledonia People Smuggling – 2007

Chart 5.1: PIDC members reporting •10 PIDC members reported they believed reason to believe people smuggling people were smuggled into their to their territory, 2003-2007 country/territory 18 16 •6 PIDC members (Fiji, New Caledonia, 14 Palau, PNG, Tonga and Vanuatu) believed 12 those smuggled were being transited to 10 another destination 8 6 •114 cases of people smuggling involving 4 209 smuggled people were detected 2 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 •41 of these detections involving 74 individuals were reported by Pacific Island Yes No members Human Trafficking Legislation

Key: Member Human trafficking Member Human trafficking American Samoa New Zealand Legislation meets UN Australia Niue and/or regional standards

CNMI Norfolk Island Palau Cook Islands No relevant legislation Fiji PNG

French Polynesia Samoa

FSM Solomon Islands Limited legislation Guam Tonga

Kiribati Tuvalu Marshall Islands Vanuatu Relevant information could Nauru Wallis & Futuna not be found

New Caledonia Human Trafficking – 2007

Chart 6.1: PIDC members reporting Chart 6.2: Instances detected and reason to believe human trafficking to number of victims reported by PIDC their territory members, 2007 18 20 16 18 14 16 12 14 10 12 8 10 6 8 4 6 2 4 2 0 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Australia Palau PNG Vanuatu

Yes No Detections Victims Human Trafficking – 2007

Chart 7.1: Prosecutions for human •11 prosecutions and trafficking reportd by PIDC members, 2005-2007 convictions were reported 30 (five in Australia and six in 25 Palau)

20 •The sentences ranged 15 from a minimum of six and 10 a maximum of 10 years 5 imprisonment in Australia 0 to 20 years imprisonment 2005 2006 2007 in Palau Total Excl. Aus/NZ Movements of smuggled persons

Canada USA Europe

Middle East Marshalls

Palau Kiribati

Origin and route New Caledonia

Tonga Transit points and route

Route and destination Immigration and related fraud – 2007

Chart 8.1: PIDC members reporting • Members detected immigration-related fraud in their jurisdiction 2,554 cases of persons

18 using fraudulent means 16 to enter the country 14 12 • False / altered 10 supporting documents 8 6 most frequently cited 4 2 • 71 persons were 0 convicted of 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 immigration-related Yes No fraud in the region; 32 in Pacific Islands region The Pacific Regional Immigration Identity Project (PRIIP)

• A regional approach to assisting in the detection, measurement, investigation, prosecution and prevention of identity fraud at the border The PRIIP Concept

• Development of an understanding of identity crime

• Identity crime cuts across agencies

• Regular and ongoing discussions between agencies PRIIP Concept

• Multi-agency teams and training packages

• Collection of regional identity documents

• Legislative provisions The PRIIP Concept

• Sharing national examples within the region through the PIDC, Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) and the Pacific Islands Chief of Police (PICP)

• The OCO and PICP Secretariats input into and support the PRIIP in ensuring a multi-agency approach Thank you