Directorate-General for Home Affairs (European Commission)
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The Directorate-General for Home Affairs (DG HOME) is a Directorate-General
of the European Commission
created in 2010 when the DG Justice, Freedom and Security was split in two. The role of the "DG Home Affairs" is ensure the EU's security, aiming to create an area of freedom, security and justice
. It promotes police cooperation (through Europol
) to combat terrorism
, organised crime, trafficking of firearms, human trafficking
, child abuse
and sexual exploitation
.
DG HOME works through an Internal Security Strategy, part of the European Security Strategy, and also deals with border management (through Frontex
), civil protection, disaster management and the creation of a common EU migration and asylum policy.
The relevant commissioner is the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström
and the director-general is Stefano Manservisi.
Directorate-General
A Directorate-General is a branch of an administration dedicated to a specific field of expertise.* The European Commission: Commission Directorates-General are each headed by a European Commissioner;* The European Patent Office: EPO Directorates-General;...
of the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
created in 2010 when the DG Justice, Freedom and Security was split in two. The role of the "DG Home Affairs" is ensure the EU's security, aiming to create an area of freedom, security and justice
Area of freedom, security and justice
The area of freedom, security and justice is a collection of European Union policies designed to ensure security, rights and free movement within the EU. As internal borders have been removed within the EU, cross border police cooperation had to increase to counter cross border crime, and thus...
. It promotes police cooperation (through Europol
Europol
Europol is the European Union's criminal intelligence agency. It became fully operational on 1 July 1999....
) to combat terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, organised crime, trafficking of firearms, human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
, child abuse
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
and sexual exploitation
Sexual exploitation
Sexual exploitation may refer to:*Sexual slavery*Sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian response...
.
DG HOME works through an Internal Security Strategy, part of the European Security Strategy, and also deals with border management (through Frontex
Frontex
Frontex is the European Union agency for external border security...
), civil protection, disaster management and the creation of a common EU migration and asylum policy.
The relevant commissioner is the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström
Cecilia Malmström
Anna Cecilia Malmström is a Swedish politician currently serving as European Commissioner for Home Affairs in the Barroso Commission...
and the director-general is Stefano Manservisi.