APPENDIX 5: LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AFSJ Area of Freedom, Security
and Justice
CAMM Common Agenda on Migration
and Mobility
CEAS Common European Asylum
System
CER Centre for European Reform
Common Travel Area The travel zone between the
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, which also includes
the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. People moving between
these territories are subject to minimal border controls. The
respective authorities cooperate closely on immigration matters
and in tackling cross-border crime
COMPAS Centre on Migration, Policy and Society,
University of Oxford
Council of Europe Founded in 1949, the Council
of Europe is an intergovernmental organisation between 47 countries,
which promotes cooperation in legal standards, human rights, democratic
development, the rule of law and culture. It is distinct from
the EU and the European Court of Human Rights forms part of it
DG DEVCO Commission Directorate-General for Development
and Cooperation - EuropeAid
DG EMPL Commission Directorate-General Employment,
Social Affairs and Inclusion
DG HOME Commission Directorate-General for Home
Affairs
DWP Department for Work and
Pensions
EASO European Asylum Support
Office
EEA European Economic Area
ERF European Refugee Fund
EU The 27 Member States that currently comprise
the European Union
EU15 The number of Member States which comprised
the EU prior to the accession of ten candidate countries on 1
May 2004. The EU15 included Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom
EEAS European External Action
Service
ENP European Neighbourhood
Policy
EURODAC European Dactyloscopy (European fingerprint
database for identifying asylum seekers and irregular border-crossers)
Europol European Police Office
EUROSUR European border surveillance
system
FCO Foreign and Commonwealth
Office
Frontex From the French—Frontières
extérieures—for "external borders".
Otherwise, the European agency for the management of operational
cooperation at the external borders
GAMM Global Approach to Migration
and Mobility
GATS General Agreement on
Trade in Services
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GFMD Global Forum for Migration
and Development
ICMPD International Centre for Migration Policy
Development
ICT Information and Communications
Technology
ILO International Labour
Organisation
IOM International Organization
on Migration
JHA Justice and Home Affairs
JRC Joint Readmission Committees
LIBE European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties,
Justice and Home Affairs
MAC Migration Advisory Committee
MFF Multiannual Financial
Framework
NGO Non-governmental organisation
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
OECD-DAC OECD's Development Assistance
Committee
PACE Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
RPP Regional Protection Programme
Schengen Area The borderless area which is comprised
of 26 European countries, including all EU Member States except
the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and four non-EU
countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. However,
Bulgaria, Cyprus and Romania have yet to become full members of
the Area. It has a common external border
SIS Schengen Information
System
TEU Treaty on European Union
TFEU Treaty on the Functioning
of the European
Union
UCAS Universities and Colleges
Admissions Service
UKBA United Kingdom Border Agency
UKREP The Brussels office of the United Kingdom
Permanent Representative to the EU
UN United Nations
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNRWA United Nations Relief
and Works Agency
VIS Visa Information System
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