Freedom, Security and Justice
EU-Links
Homepage of DG Home Affairs. Go to the 'policies' section and then navigate in the left sidebar to view information on the external relations in the field of home affairs, VISA, Schengen, immigration, asylum, border control and organised crime; which all have some external aspects.
In the 'documentation centre' you can find the relevant documents on these subjects.
Homepage of DG Justice. Go to the 'policies' section and their you can find in the left sidebar a link to external realtions which covers the co-operatin of the EU with its partners and international organisations in the field of justice.
Take a look under the 'drugs cooperation' and 'data protection' links, because they also have external aspects.Go to the documentation centre for key documents on the subjects mentioned above (in the left sidebar).
Here you can find an overview of the EU's activities on migration and asylum in external relations. The Commission also provides key documents and information on thematic issues en cooperation with 3rd countries.
Here you can find an overview on the EU's policy on drugs including strategies, international cooperation and drugs routes.
CEPOL brings together senior police officers across Europe with the aim to encourage cross-border cooperation in the fight against crime, maintenance of public security and law and order. This web site provides informations on their training programmes.
Frontex is "a specialised and independent body tasked to coordinate the operational cooperation between Member States in the field of border security" and "the establishment of operational cooperation with third countries is valued as an indispensable tool for effective management of the global fight against illegal migration and cross-border crime." (navigate in the left sidebar to 'external relations)
Navigate in the left sidebar to Official documents to view the agreements with third parties/countries (at the bottom).
Available meeting documents of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).
Summaries of legislation. For more recent and complete information see DG Justice, Freedom and Security.
Links
This link leads to the publication list of EUROPOL, which contains Annual Reports, the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Reports, the European Organised Crime Threat Assessments, budgetary reports, and serious crime overviews.
Literature
Mitsilegas, V., Monar, J., & Rees, W. (2003) The European Union and Internal Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Apap, J. (Ed.). (2004) Justice and Home Affairs in the EU. Liberty and Security Issues after Enlargement. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Esterle, A., Ranck, H., & Schmitt, B. (2005) 'Information Security: a new challenge for the EU', EU Institute for Security Studies - Chaillot Papers, 76.
Peers, S., & Rogers, N. (Eds.) (2006) EU Immigration and Asylum Law: Text and Commentary. Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Huysmans, J. (2006) The Politics of Insecurity: Fear, Migration and Asylum in the EU. London: Routledge.
Gebrewold, B. (Ed.). (2007) Africa and Fortress Europe: Threats and Opportunities. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Monar, J. (2008) Justice and Home Affairs in the European Union. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sterkx, S. (2008) 'The External Dimension of EU Asylum and Migration Policy: Expanding Fortress Europe?' In J. Orbie (Ed.), Europe's Global Role: External Policies of the European Union. Aldershot: Ashgate, 117-138.
Smith, K. E. (ed.) (2009). Special Issue: The External Dimension of Justice and Home Affairs: A Different Security Agenda for the EU? Journal of European Integration, 31(1), 1-156.
Eade, J. & Valkanova, Y. (Eds.) (2009) Accession and Migration: Changing policy, society and culture in an enlarged Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Balzacq, T. (Ed.). (2009). The External Dimension of EU Justice and Home Affairs. Governance, Neighbours, Security. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
van Munster, R. (2009). Securitizing Immigration: The Politics of Risk in the EU. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Fassmann, H., Haller, M. & Lane D. (Eds.) (2009) Migration and mobility in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Wolff, S., Wichmann, N. & Mounier, G. (Eds.) (2009) The external dimensions of justice and home affairs. A different security agenda for the European Union. London: Routledge.
Martenczuk, Bernd, and Servaas Van Thiel (eds.) (2010) Justice, Liberty, Security: New Challenges for EU External Relations. Brussels: ASP-VUB Press.
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