The Diplomat
The Government has decided to raise the Interior Ministry’s budget spending limits to acquire spending commitments for future years, so that the money can be invested in improving the border with Morocco, renewing computer equipment and works in police stations, reports Europa Press.
As the body responsible for carrying out the investments to tackle crimes such as drug trafficking, terrorism and organised crime and cybercrime, the Sate Secretary for Security considers it necessary to carry out the contracts for the years 2022 to 2025, with an annual cost of 54,205,350 euros.
According to the agreement approved in the Council of Ministers, part of this money will be used for investments in infrastructures that respond to the needs derived from the migratory problems of the Southern Arc (Levante, Andalusian and Canary coasts) and the completion of the second phase of the modernisation of the perimeter fence in Ceuta and Melilla.
Another part will be devoted to the completion of the works on the Almendralejo and Calatayud police stations, the start of those planned in Torremolinos and the Valencia Central Police Station, and the construction of new Temporary Foreigner Attention Centres.
For all this, it is necessary to carry out a renovation and infrastructure plan that involves the contracting of a complete system, software, hardware and the necessary developments for its operation to meet the needs of a new deployment of the SIVE (Integrated External Surveillance System), with the aim of implementing the new system of electronic registration of entries and exits of the border posts and its connection to the central system of the EES (Entry / Exit System, EES) or European Entry and Exit System project, which will be mandatory from 2022 onwards.
