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As you know, last year in Seville the European Council strongly affirmed the need to develop a strategy on the management of external borders. The Council adopted a comprehensive plan comprising, among other measures, joint operations to be carried out by the Member States. In June 2003 the European Council of Thessaloniki confirmed this priority and carried out a first assessment of the results achieved so far, while setting new priorities.
These joint operations are unprecedented and represent a first effort of cooperation in tackling the smuggling of illegal migrants. The Ulysses joint operation, for example, has been organised and led by Spain, but other Member States have also participated. This is a first attempt to pool the efforts of the Member States in addressing the tragic situation of migration flows by sea and in attempting to put and end to, or at least diminish, the risk of the kinds of tragic accidents that regularly occur on our seas as a result of the criminal actions of smugglers and traffickers.
The Commission did not take part in planning or managing the various off-shore operations, but – via the Argo Programme – we co-financed these external border management operations to the tune of EUR 670 000.
The Commission will receive a final report on the results and the impact of the activities undertaken in accordance with the relevant procedures of the Argo Programme before the end of the year. In the light of the objectives of the Argo Programme, the Commission will then be able to evaluate the impact of such an operation for the management of common external borders.
At Thessaloniki the Greek presidency presented a report on the implementation of programmes, ad hoc centres, pilot projects and joint operations. A chapter of this report is devoted to the Ulysses operation. I suggest that Mr Medina Ortega takes a look at this report, where there is a comprehensive description of the operation's content."@en1
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