Launching of a real-time passport control capacity at #Tripoli International Airport by the #EU and #INTERPOL

The EU and INTERPOL, in partnership with the Libyan authorities, are launching a key stage of a €2.2 million project funded by the EU's Instrument for Stability aimed at making tangible improvements to Libyan border security and helping security sector reform. In particular, they will inaugurate on 7 March the establishment of a real-time passport control capacity at Tripoli International Airport.

The European Union in cooperation with INTERPOL, and in partnership with the Libyan authorities, announced the launching of a key stage of a €2.2 million project funded by the EU's Instrument for Stability aimed at making tangible improvements to Libyan border security and helping security sector reform. For the first time, the Libyan border control authorities will have the possibility to directly refer to INTERPOL databases and access the INTERPOL network to detect stolen and lost passports, and help identify wanted persons including suspected terrorists and international criminals. In December 2012, the EU also announced its cooperation with INTERPOL to combat wildlife crime.
The European Commission explained that the project includes the reinforcement of the Libyan INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) and its network, the reinforcement of the criminal analysis capacity of the Criminal Investigation Department within the Ministry of the Interior, and a strategic study of the transnational organised crime and terrorist threats in Libya.
In parallel the EU is actively working for the quick deployment of an EU Border Assistance Mission in the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), whose first members will meet the Libyan authorities during the second part of this month and gradually build from there. The mission is planned to be launched by June 2013.
 

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