Memo: Cecilia Malmström welcomes the European Parliament’s vote on EUROSUR

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Series Details MEMO/13/863 (10.10.13)
Publication Date 10/10/2013
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On 10 October 2013 the European Parliament adopted a Commission's proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR).

EUROSUR aims preventing and tackling serious crime, such as drug trafficking and the trafficking of human beings, and to diminish the unacceptable death toll of migrants at sea.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-863_en.htm
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ESO: Background information: Memo: Commissioner Malmström's intervention on Lampedusa during the Home Affairs Council press conference http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-commissioner-malmstroms-intervention-on-lampedusa-during-the-home-affairs-council-press-conference/
ESO: Background information: EUROSUR: new tools to save migrants' lives at sea and fight cross-border crime http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-eurosur-new-tools-to-save-migrants-lives-at-sea-and-fight-cross-border-crime/
European Parliament: Press Release: EU border surveillance: MEPs approve Eurosur operating rules http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20131007IPR21624/
EUObserver, 10.10.13: MEPs approve EU border surveillance system http://euobserver.com/justice/121747
Deutsche Welle, 11.10.13: Goals of Eurosur border scheme questioned http://dw.de/p/19xk9
ESO: Background information: Council and the European Parliament reach a provisional agreement on the EUROSUR system http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-and-the-european-parliament-reach-a-provisional-agreement-on-the-eurosur-system/

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