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00:00NOW YOU ARE WITH GLOBAL SECURITY AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. YOU ARE SPEAKING TO MEMBERS OF ANGELA MERKEL'S GOVERNMENT. REPORTER: GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. FIRST OF ALL, IT IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY TO CLOSE OFF A BORDER. IT IS CRITICAL TO LEARN TO MANAGE AND CONTROL A BORDER. HERE, THE SITUATION WE HAVE GOT IS A LACK OF COHESIVENESS. WE NEED A UNIFIED, COLLECTIVE EFFORT THAT BRINGS A SEMBLANCE OF CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE EUROPEAN UNION. AND WE DO NOT SEE THAT. HANS: THIS MORNING, GERMAN PAPERS REPORTED THAT 13% OF REFUGEES HAVE GONE MISSING. WHAT SORT OF SECURITY RISK DOES THIS POST? >> TREMENDOUS. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRACK, IDENTIFY, AND CLASSIFY EVERYONE ENTERING THE EUROPEAN UNION. IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES, WE TRACK BY USE OF INFORMATION. WHEREVER THEY GO ON THE COUNTRY, THERE IS A SYSTEM. GUY: DAVID, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? GIVE US YOUR SENSE OF THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM THAT EUROPE FACES NOW. >> THE SCALE IS TREMENDOUS. LOOK AT THE SITUATION YOU FACED. WE HAD OVER ONE MILLION PEOPLE ENTER THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE VAST MAJORITY COMING INTO GERMANY AND SWEDEN. WHAT CONCERNS ME AND WHAT SHOULD CONCERN THE EU RIGHT NOW IS THERE IS A STAGED GROUP IN SYRIA, LEBANON, AND GEORGIA. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 4.7 MILLION DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SYRIA. THERE IS ANOTHER 1.7 MILLION IN JORDAN AND ANOTHER MILLION IN LEBANON. THEY ARE STAGED TO HEAD TOWARD THE EU. THAT IS WHY DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THIS IN A COHESIVE FASHION IS CRITICAL. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL TALK ABOUT NOW IS THE BORDER THAT IS BEING LOOKED AT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IS THE GREECE BORDER. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS YOU NEED TO PUSH YOUR BORDERS OUT TOWARDS TURKEY AND SYRIA, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SAFE ZONE. OFFICERS CAN HELP IN SEGMENTING THE FLOW. ONE THING WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS NO LONGER JUST A REFUGEE CRISIS. THIS IS A MIGRANT CRISIS, A MIGRATION SITUATION. THERE IS A COMPOSITION OF THE FLOW THAT INCLUDES REFUGEES AND ECONOMIC MIGRANTS. AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, SEGREGATING AND SEGMENTING THE FLOW, THOSE THAT YOU CAN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL. HANS: HOW DIFFICULT OR EASY IS IT TO FALSIFY THE EUROPEAN PASSPORT? >> UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS FAIRLY EASY. WE DEALT WITH THIS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH OUR OWN MIGRATION CRISIS. COTTAGE INDUSTRIES SPROUT UP TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF COUNTERFEIT PASSPORTS AND DOCUMENTS. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IN THE EU. THE SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY GROWTH INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE CRIMINAL SECTOR BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED FOR THAT THAT IS FILLED BY THESE

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EU Refugee Crisis Creating Possible Security Risks

David Aguilar, of Global Security & Innovative Strategies, discusses the refugee crisis in Europe and his talks with the German government on the matter. He speaks with Guy Johnson and Hans Nichols on Bloomberg Television’s “On The Move.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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