People want to enter the EU for a variety of reasons and through different channels: reuniting with family, work, business or education but also to escape from political oppression or war. EU State authorities need to cooperate on border management to keep our borders secure. They also have a shared responsibility for treating asylum seekers equally throughout the EU. A number of information sharing mechanisms - which include the collection and the exchange of information on non EU citizens - are central to their cooperation on migration and asylum.
Opinion of on the draft Council Regulation (EC) laying down the form of the laissez-passer to be issued to members and servants of the institutions, OJ C 313, 20.12.2006, p. 36
Opinion of 30 June 2006 on a notification for prior checking relating to the EU-China Agreement - Approved Destination Status (ADS) (Case 2006-192)
Comments on the Communication of the Commission on interoperability of European databases
Opinion on the Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the exchange of information under the principle of availability (COM (2005)490 final), OJ C 116, 17.05.2006, p. 8
Opinion on the Proposal for a Council Decision concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by the authorities of Member States responsible for internal security and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (COM (2005)600 final), OJ C 97, 25.04.2006, p. 6