THEME 5: THE EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF ASYLUM

I. GENERAL ASPECTS
2009 PE.410.688 Etude sur la dimension externe de l’espace de Liberté, Sécurité et Justice

Italian Council for Refugees , Services at Borders: a Practical Co-operation, September 2008.

Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Access to Protection at Airports in Europe, September 2008.
II. SPECIF INSTRUMENTS
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2001/51/EC of 28 June 2001 supplementing the provisions of Article 26 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985
European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Defending Refugees’ Access to Protection in Europe, December 2007.
FRONTEX
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union
A.EVALUATIONS OF THE COMMISSION
1. Evaluation reports
13.02.2008 COM (2008) 67 Communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions report on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX agency

13.2.2008 SEC (2008) 150 Commission staff working document accompanying document to the communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions report on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX agency statistical data {com(2008) 67 final}
2. Impact assessments
13.2.2008 SEC(2008) 148 Commission staff working document accompanying document to the communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions report on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX agency impact assessment{com(2008) 67 final}{sec(2008) 149}

13.2.2008 SEC(2008) 149 Commission staff working document accompanying document to the communication from the commission to the European parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions report on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX agency executive summary of the impact assessment{com(2008) 67 final}{sec(2008) 148}
B. EP DOCUMENTS
1. Resolution
18.12.2008 T6-0633/2008 European Parliament resolution on the evaluation and the future devlopments of the FRONTEX Agency and the European Border surveillance system (EUROSUR)
2.Reports
11.11.2008 REPORT on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX Agency and of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) (2008/2157(INI))Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Javier Moreno Sánchez
3. Other Documents
7.10.2008 OPINION of the Committee on Development for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the evaluation and future development of the FRONTEX Agency and the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) (2008/2157(INI)) Rapporteur: Gabriele Zimmer

25.6.2008 WORKING DOCUMENT on the assessment and future development of the FRONTEX Agency and of the European border surveillance system EUROSUR Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Javier Moreno Sánchez
C. IO AND NGO'S REPORTS
Refugee Council and the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Joint response to Select Committee on the European Union Sub-Committee F (Home Affairs): Frontex Inquiry, September 2007