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MinistMinistéério da Administrario da Administraçção Internaão Interna -- Ministry of Internal AffairsMinistry of Internal Affairs
SERVIÇO DE ESTRANGEIROS E FRONTEIRAS - ALIENS AND BORDER SERVICE
Luísa Maia GonçalvesHead of Department for Criminal Investigation Surveillance and Intelligence - SEF /Minister of interior
Lisboa 18 Maio 2011
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Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF)– Aliens and Border Service / Ministry of Internal Affairs
SEF :
•Controlling the movement of persons at the borders
•Stay and activities of foreigners in Portugal
•Examining, promoting, co-ordinating and executing measures and actions related to those activities as well as to migratory movements
•Fight against criminality and particularly the one linked to illegal migration and trafficking in human beings
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FRONTEX
EUROPOL
NATIONALLIAISON OFFICERS
INTERNATIONAL
INTERPOL
NATIONAL SIRENE
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
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The use of new technologies in Border Management
• Portuguese e-passport - PEP
• ABC - RAPIDAutomated Recognition of Passengers holding E-Passports
• Entry & Exit System - PASSE
Portuguese ABC System - RAPID
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Portuguese Electronic Passport - PEP
• Conception (production and issuance together) is centralizedcentralized and ensures a great level of security, as well as of technical accuracy.
• Adequate quality control processes are carried out.
• The level of convivial service provided for the citizen enables a choice ranging from 4hours[*] to 5 days anywhere in the world.
[*] - Only at the Lisbon airport , for applications made until 12 a.m.
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Entry and Exit System - PASSE
First line of control
1. Automatic reading of passport or manual registration
2. Document Validation CAPTURES DOCUMENT IMAGES AND TESTS ITS
AUTHENTICITY
3. Search for restrict measures on Schengen/SEF databases
4. Visual comparison of the chip photo with the biographic page photo, and as regards PEP, with the national database
5. Registration of passengers from all third countries.GIVES SEVERAL STATISTICAL DATA, CONCERNING BOTH
DOCUMENTS AND PASSENGERS FLOWS
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DOCUMENT IMAGESUV, VISIBLE, IR, CONFIRM, TAMPER
We can see features as text or
photos that should or should not be present
Security features which react under UV
light
Presence of 3M CSLaminate and
Shows the correct seal
Checks for evidence of
tampering on the Laminates
Entry and Exit System - PASSE
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Second line of control: Back OfficeEntry and Exit System - PASSE
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Portuguese ABC System - RAPID
RAPIDAutomated Recognition of Passengers holding E-Passports
First system worldwide to allow an automatic control of passengers holding electronic passports, without pre-requisites
– the e-Passport is the token
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Portuguese ABC System - RAPID
An eye-monitored system that automatically checks the authenticity of an e-passport (by performing biometric checks) and checks the passenger’s identity (against relevant databases)
A fully interoperable system (ICAO standards)
Easy, fast and secure way for border control
User-friendly process
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• The system RAPID was devised by the
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras
(SEF)
• and is being produced by the
Portuguese company Vision-Box
Portuguese ABC System - RAPID
The system RAPID was devised by the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) and is being produced by the Portuguese company Vision-Box
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Immigration Act (2007 upgrade)
Penal Provisions
Facilitating illegal immigration (smuggling immigrants)
Facilitating networks of illegal immigration
Illegal labour providers
Sham marriages
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National perspective
BrazilBrazil
Coming from: Coming from:
All over the country and particularly All over the country and particularly from the interior states, from the interior states, GoiGoiáás and Minas Geraiss and Minas Gerais
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National perspective
Africa and Africa and MagrebMagreb
Coming from: Coming from:
Portuguese Speaking African Portuguese Speaking African Countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Countries (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau)Guinea Bissau)
Western Coast, Gulf of GuineaWestern Coast, Gulf of Guinea and and SubSub--Saharan Africa (Senegal, Saharan Africa (Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
North Africa, Maghreb and Arab North Africa, Maghreb and Arab Nation (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt)Nation (Morocco, Algeria, Egypt)
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National perspective
AsiaAsia
Coming from: Coming from:
China China
IndiaIndiaPakistanPakistanBangladesh Bangladesh NepalNepal
IraqIraq
Other exOther ex--USSR republicsUSSR republics
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National perspective
Eastern EuropeEastern Europe
Coming from: Coming from:
UkraineUkraineMoldovaMoldovaRussian FederationRussian FederationOther exOther ex--USSR republicsUSSR republics
EU:EU:
RomaniaRomaniaBulgariaBulgaria
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Tendencies
• Bogus marriages
• Trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation
• Rise in smuggling
• Forged documents
• Use of ICT- Cyberspace
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Portuguese Sea
Was it worth doing? Everything is worth doingIf the soul of the doer isn’t small.Whoever would go beyond the CapeMust go beyond sorrow.God placed danger and the abyss in the sea,But he also made it heaven’s mirror.
(Fernando Pessoa)