EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling Contents

Appendix 7: Acronyms and Abbreviations

AFIC

Africa Frontex Intelligence Community

CDSP

Common Security and Defence Policy

CEAS

Common European Asylum System

CEPOL

European Police College

COMPAS

Centre of Migration, Police and Society

DG Home

Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs

EASO

European Asylum Support Office

ECRE

European Council for Refugees and Exiles

EU+

The EU+ is composed of the 28 Member States plus Norway and Switzerland

EUNAVFOR

European Naval Force

Eurodac

The European Fingerprint Database

Eurojust

The EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit

Europol

The EU’s Law Enforcement Agency

Eurosur

European external border surveillance system

FRA

EU Agency for Fundamental Rights

FRONTEX

EU Border Agency

GAMM

The EU’s Global Approach to Mobility and Migration

ICT

Information Communications Technology

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IPLA

Immigration Practitioners’ Law Association

JHA

Justice and Home Affairs

JIT

Joint Investigation Team

JOT

Joint Operation Team

MRN

Migrants’ Rights Network

MS

Member State

NCA

National Crime Agency

NGO

Non-governmental Organisation

UN

United Nations

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNODC

United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime




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