Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community Joint Report 2013
Contents:
Executive summary – 6
1. Introduction and methodology – 8
1.1 Introduction – 8
1.2 Methodology – 9
2. Main migration routes from Africa to the EU – update on 2012 – 11
2.1 Introduction – migratory routes and drivers of change – 11
2.2 Changes in Europe – 12
2.3. Changes in Africa – AFIC views – 27
3. Situation in the Sahel – impact of the Mali crisis on regional border security and movements of migrants – 34
3.1 Introduction – 34
3.2 Security concerns for the Sahel – AFIC views – 34
3.3 Impact of the Sahel’s humanitarian emergencies and the Mali crisis on migratory flows towards the EU – 39
4. Document fraud – 45
4.1 AFIC nationalities and document fraud – 45
4.2 Detection points – 47
4.3 Routes – 49
4.4 Documents – 53
4.5 Abuse of legal channels – 55
4.6 Biometric passports – 61
5. Conclusion – 62
5.1 Saving lives at sea – 62
5.2 Tackling the threat of terrorism at regional borders in Africa – 62
5.3 Improving administrative capacity to detect and/or prevent document fraud – 62
5.4 Non-exhaustive list of the main difficulties linked to border management – 63
6. Annexes – 64
6.1 Detections of illegal border-crossing of nationals from AFIC partner countries by quarter and route – 64
6.2 List of Frontex-coordinated Joint Operations active in 2013 – 65
6.3 Most commonly detected types of boats used for illegal maritime migration in 2013 – 66
6.4 Finding synergies between the AFIC and other relevant international initiatives – 68