European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR)
In February 2008, the Commission offered Member States a roadmap for gradually developing a European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR), with the main purpose of preventing unauthorised crossings at the EU’s external borders, reducing the number of illegal immigrants losing their life at sea and increasing the internal security of the EU as a whole by helping to prevent cross-border crime. EUROSUR should provide a common technical framework for streamlining day-to-day cooperation and communication between Member States’ authorities and facilitate use of state-of-the-art technology for border surveillance. One key operational objective should be to share information between existing national and European reporting and surveillance systems.
In September 2009, the Commission adopted a Report on progress made in developing EUROSUR 
[55 KB]. In January 2011, the Commission adopted a 2nd progress report [51 KB], which determines the technical and operational framework of EUROSUR and the actions to be taken for its establishment.