EU: European Commission proposes a new permanent state agency:
01 November 2003
EU: European Commission proposes a new permanent state agency: European Agency of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders", which will also deal with repatriation from within the EU:
Full-text (pdf). Its "Objectives" begin with the phrase that a:
"a high and uniform level of control and surveillance, [are] an essential prerequisite for an area of freedom, security and justice"