Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union: Implementation of the Hague Programme 2004

by Edited by Jaap W. de Zwaan , Flora A. N. J. Goudappel

• ISBN13: 9789067042253
• ISBN10: 9067042250
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-07
• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press

Summary

The European integration process has provided for the internal market, an area without internal frontiers, allowing for free movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the European Union. Complementary, the Union needs mechanisms to combat the negative consequences of the open borders policy and to protect its external borders. Therefore, it was decided that justice and home affairs cooperation should also be developed at European level. The Hague Programme is the working programme of the European Union concerning justice and home affairs cooperation in the period 2005-2010. In the present book the contents of the Hague Programme of 2004 areexplained. Under the headings 'Freedom', 'Security' and 'Justice' developments so far and future perspectives are discussed regarding subject matter such as border control, visa policy, immigration law, police cooperation and criminal law cooperation. All these policy areas are to be considered recent policy domains of the European Union.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. VII
Table of contents	p. IX
List of abbreviations	p. XV
Introductory speeches
The Hague Programme	p. 3
The Hague Programme: our future investment in democratic stability and democratic security	p. 7
Asylum, migration and border controls in the Hague Programme	p. 11
Establishing the Hague Programme, strengthening freedom, security and justice	p. 17
Borders and visa
EU border and visa policy: current state of affairs	p. 23
Danger - borders under construction: assessing the first five years of border policy in an area of freedom, security and justice	p. 45
EU asylum and immigration law and policy: state of affairs in 2005	p. 91
What rights have migrating third-country nationals?	p. 151
The Hague Programme: challenges of Turkish pre-accession in the area of asylum, migration and border control	p. 164
The Schengen Information System and EC immigration and asylum law	p. 172
Police and criminal law co-operation
Third Pillar co-operation	p. 195
A vision on future police cooperation with a special focus on Europol	p. 203
New dimensions in EU police co-operation: the Hague Milestones for what they are worth	p. 221
The Hague Programme and police cooperation between the Member States of the EU	p. 233
From The Hague to The Hague: programmes against drug use	p. 249
Annexes
The Hague Programme of November 2004	p. 257
Action Plan of June 2005	p. 271
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