with the issue of EU external border management. Two of these documents, namely the communication on the evaluation and …. propose significant evolutions with regard the role of the Frontex agency and the orientations of the EU integrated border … assessing the consistence of Frontex activities with the fundamental values upheld by the EU. In this regard, it seems important …

in the 25 EU Member States, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland with respect to the possibility of conferring executive … powers on border officers invited to operate at the external EU borders of another state or in the context of joint return …

ensure a high level of security in the EU and tackle serious and organised crime, as well as other offences that require …, a considerable number of EU instruments and systems have been put in place in recent years, which are also supplemented …

and effects of EU policies and tools as they related to border controls. Third, and finally, the paper weights the power …