REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT • Project realised by the Inter-ministerial group for managing the project integrated border management • Financed by the EU, managed by the European Agency for reconstruction Skopje, December 2003 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................7 BORDER DESCRIPTION ..........................................................................................10 2.1 HISTORY............................................................................................................10 2.2 NEIGHBORS......................................................................................................10 2.3 OFFICIAL BORDER CROSSINGS ...................................................................11 2.4 GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY ................................................................11 2.5 BORDER ECONOMY........................................................................................11 STRATEGIC CHALLENGES ....................................................................................13 3.1 Conventional military attack..............................................................................13 3.2 Possibility for hostile individuals and groups to enter ......................................13 3.3 INTERNAL CONFLICT.....................................................................................13 3.4 CRIME ...............................................................................................................14 LEGAL ISSUES – INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT..............................15 4.1 THE SCHENGEN CATALOGUE OF BEST PRACTICES ................................15 4.2 METHODOLOGY FOR CREATION OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...........16 4.3. VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS...................................17 4.4 AIMS: .................................................................................................................17 STATE COMMISSION FOR BORDER MANAGEMENT.......................................18 5.1 Democratic supervision .....................................................................................18 5.2 Tasks and authorizations ...................................................................................18 NATIONAL BORDER POLICE SERVICE...............................................................20 6.1 BACKGROUND.................................................................................................20 6.2 OPERATIVE CONCEPT ...................................................................................21 6.3. NATIONAL BORDER MONITORING SYSTEM ..............................................22 6.4 NATIONAL BORDER MANAGEMENT COORDINATIVE CENTER...............23 6.5 REGIONS OF BORDER POLICE (BASIC COMMAND UNIT) .......................23 6.6 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS .........................................................................24 6.7 RECRUITMENT ................................................................................................24 6.8 SELECTION.......................................................................................................25 6.9 BORDER POLICE PERSONNEL TRAINING...................................................25 6.10 STATEMENT ON THE BORDER POLICE MISSION ....................................26 METHODOLOGY IN THE PROCESS OF UNDERTAKING..................................27 BORDER BRIGADE – BORDER POLICE ...............................................................27 7.1 GENERAL..........................................................................................................27 7.2 PLAN DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................27 NATIONAL BORDER MANAGEMENT COORDINATIVE CENTER..................29 8.1 AIM ....................................................................................................................29 8.2 TASK ..................................................................................................................29 8.3 MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................30 8.4 COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION........................................30 8.5 LIAISON OFFICERS FROM THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES..................31 8.6 URGENT CASES PLANS AND PROCEDURES ...........................................31 BORDER ZONE AND COMPETENCIES OF THE BORDER POLICE..................32 9.1 BORDER ZONE................................................................................................32 DEFINING THE COMPETENCIES – BORDER POLICE AND CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION...................................................................................................34 10.1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................34 10.2 UNIQUE LEGAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................34 10.3 GOVERNMENTAL POLICY – ROLE AND COMPETENCIES .................34 10.4 BORDER POLICE ..........................................................................................34 10.5 CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION...................................................................35 COORDINATION OF THE STRATEGIC OPERATIVE POLICY ..........................37 12.2 REPORTING PROCEDURES ........................................................................38 12.3 RISK ANALYSIS............................................................................................38 12.4 NATIONAL BORDER MONITORING SYSTEM AS INFORMATICS SOLUTION..............................................................................................................38 12.5 NATIONAL BORDER MONITORING SYSTEM ........................................39 12.6 NATIONAL COORDINATIVE CENTER .....................................................39 CATEGORIZATION OF THE BORDER CROSSINGS ...........................................40 13.1 NEED OF PRIORITIES IN RESOURCES ALLOCATION ..........................40 13.2 CURRENT SITUATION.................................................................................40 13.3 CONCENTRATING RESOURCES ON SPECIFIC BORDER CROSSING POINTS....................................................................................................................41 13.4 CATEGORIZATION OF THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS...................41 COMPETENCIES AND PROCEDURES AT THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS ......................................................................................................................................43 14.1 CURRENT SITUATION.................................................................................43 14.2 ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES..................................................................43 14.3 ORGANIZATION OF THE BORDER CROSSING POINTS .......................45 14.4 CONTROL AND TRAFFIC FLOW ...............................................................45 14.5 EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................46 CLOSED VIDEO SUPERVISION SYSTEM (CVSS) ...............................................47 15.1 ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT ............................................................................47 15.2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION........................................................47 15.3 DATA INPUT AND CONTROL ....................................................................47 SEARCH OF COMMERCIAL AND OTHER VEHICLES .......................................48 16.1 NEED OF SEARCH........................................................................................48 16.2 AVOIDING IMPORT TAXES........................................................................48 16.3 ILLEGAL GOODS AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS................49 16.4 NEED OF PROFILING, INTELLIGENCE AND PRO-ACTIVE INVESTIGATION...................................................................................................50 ILLEGAL MIGRATION, SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS .......................................................................................................................51 17.1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................51 17.2 SMUGGLING WITH HUMAN BEINGS AND NEED OF CLEAR STRATEGY.............................................................................................................51 17.3 THE ROLE OF THE BORDER POLICE .......................................................52 17.4 NEED OF EXCLUSION OF OTHER AGENCIES FROM THE PROCESS 53 18.1 BACKGROUND .............................................................................................54 18.2 PRIMATE OF THE CRIME POLICE ............................................................54 18.3 ROLE OF THE CUSTOM ADMINISTRATION...........................................54 18.4 NEED OF COOPERATION OF THE POLICE AND THE CUSTOMS .......55 18.4 TASKED MIXED TEAMS .............................................................................55 18.6 PRECURSORS – DRUGS AND WEAPONS FOR MASS DESTRUCTIONS ..................................................................................................................................56 RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS ..................................................................................57 19.1 DIRECTORATE FOR RADIATION PROTECTION....................................57 19.2 REGULATIVE RESPONSIBILITY