The E-Borders Programme

HC 170, Third Report of Session 2009-10- Report, Together with Formal Minutes and Written Evidence

Author:

House of Commons - Home Affairs Committee

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

'The E-Borders Programme (HC 170)' reports on the project for digitising immigration control and highlights a number of problems in the UK's eBorders programme. Despite progress in certain areas, the Committee says that the main problem with the Government's project to gather information electronically on all travellers entering or leaving the UK, is that what it requires will make it illegal to operate on intra-EU routes under the EU treaty.

An EU Member State cannot impose any requirement other than simple production of a valid identity document on an EU citizen except in exceptional circumstances. The Committee says the UK Border Agency (UKBA) is imposing expensive requirements on the private transport sector for the eBorders programme, in the name of urgent public good, without apparently having ascertained that the programme requirements are lawful. There are also problems with national data protection laws.

Extent	28 pages	ISBN	9780215542854
Size	A4	Price	£8.50
Binding	Paperback	Published	18 Dec 2009
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