Strategic Goal 6: Enhance Maritime and Airspace Awareness, Strengthen CARICOM Borders including Contiguous Land Borders 4.17 The challenges the Region face with respect to illicit trafficking and transnational organized crimes are partly contingent on the significant resources required to control and patrol our maritime and airspace. Improved maritime and airspace awareness and a strong border is essential in protecting against transnational organised crime, terrorism and illegal migration. It is vital that risks are flagged before they arrive, which requires risk management tools and advance passenger and cargo information in order to pre-screen passengers and cargo before they reach the Caribbean. Strategic Lines of Action i. There is a need for more advance information on people arriving, transiting and departing CARICOM borders through the enhancement and expansion of the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS). This is critical for identifying criminals, terrorists and traffickers; ii. The Community will ensure that not only people entering the Region but all cargo entering the Region is subject to risk analysis for security and safety purposes based on common risk criteria and standards. The complete implementation of an Advance Cargo Information System (ACIS) will allow regional security personnel to identify and check all cargo manifest for vessels arriving and departing the Region; iii. CARICOM will continue to implement standardise border security training; iv. The development of a proposal of a CARICOM Border Surveillance System (CARIBSIS) will assist to improve situational awareness, reinforce Member States border management mechanism and increase the reaction capability of border control authorities. The objective of CARIBSIS would be to create a common monitoring and information-sharing environment for CARICOM maritime and airspace domain by integrating all existing national systems reporting and monitoring traffic and activities in sea areas under the jurisdiction of the Member States and in adjacent high seas; v. The establishment of a common CARICOM Border Code for all CARICOM border officials will also be pursued to standardise regional border protocols and procedures; vi. The development of a Regional Immigration Data Management System will benefit the Region by providing key indicators for the development of evidence-based policy as it relates to migration and security; vii. The implementation of CARICOM Travel Card (CARIPASS) as an automated clearance option for certain categories of passengers in order to expedite and facilitate their passage through border controls. This is an important element in advancing a CARICOM Single Market and Economy; viii. Uncontrolled migration (e.g. refugees) would bring many policy challenges, and so requires advance planning. Thus there is an urgent need to pursue a common and 40