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EU to Set Up Warning System on Expelled Terrorist Suspects
The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers meeting in Luxembourg has today decided to set up a mutual information mechanism on third-country nationals who have been expelled by a Member State in connection with terrorist activities as well as incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble welcomed the decision and emphasized: "The agreed warning system gives the competent authorities of the Member States the chance to inform each other early on about security-relevant third-country nationals who have already been expelled. This is especially relevant in cases where a member state expels a person but cannot immediately remove him or her to their country of origin, i.e. owing to pending court proceedings. The exchange of information agreed today ensures that every member state who receives such information can take its own, potentially necessary security measures at an early stage. Both the decision on expulsion and the transmission of information are based on applicable, relevant national legislation. For data transmission secure information systems are used, which have already been set up. Thus we neither create new databases nor networks with this decision. The German EU Council Presidency considers the establishment of the warning system as an important contribution towards strengthening European cooperation in the fight against international terrorism." The draft resolution underlying today’s decision of the Justice and Home Affairs Ministers goes back to an initiative launched by the French government last year. The German presidency has meanwhile been in a position to finalize relevant negotiations successfully. The European Union’s action plans on the fight against terrorism and the radicalization and recruitment of terrorists already provide for the creation of such an information mechanism. The possibility already exists, on the basis of the common Schengen regulations, to post a Europe-wide entry ban on third-country nationals. The new warning mechanism agreed on today supplements this possibility for cases where it is not yet possible to issue relevant alerts. The project is fully in line with activities by the German EU presidency, which is putting a high priority on measures that strengthen practical cooperation, especially in the field of domestic policy. April 19, 2007 19.04.2007 3:27 PM
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