Statewatch reports that the frequency of invoking the protection of the Commission's decision making process (Article 4(3)) as ground for refusal at the initial stage, in relation to all invoked exceptions, slightly increased in comparison with the previous year (27.1% against 25.2% in 2012). It was the most frequently invoked exception, and 16.3% of confirmatory applications are refused on the same grounds.
Full text document: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2014/sep/eu-council-2014-07-10-11671-mos-maioum-jpo.pdf
Censored text http://www.statewatch.org/news/2014/oct/eu-council-jpo-mos-maiorum-pa-censored-11671-14.pdf
Media/web coverage of "Mos Maiorum"
• http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/10/eu-launches-operation-track-down-migrants-2014101214057473720.html : EU launches Operation Mos Maiorum - European police on a two-week hunt for tens-of-thousands of 'irregular' migrants. (Aljazeera, link)
• https://paris-luttes.info/frontex-europol-ou-une-police : Frontex, Europol ou une police européenne en devenir (Paris Luttes.Info, link) and https://paris-luttes.info/operation-mos-maiorum-attention : Opération Mos Maiorum : attention aux rafles dans toute l’Europe du 13 au 26 octobre (Paris Luttes.Info, link)
• https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/eu-launches-operation-track-down-migrants-072447019.html : EU launches Operation Mos Maiorum (Yahoo News, link)
• http://alrevesyalderecho.infolibre.es/?p=3294 : Mos Maiorum: de nuevo el discurso del miedo y la xenofobia institucional (link)
• Sweden: http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/eu-landers-insats-mot-papperslosa-kritiseras/ : EU-länders insats mot papperslösa kritiseras (Expressen, link): Confirms that Sweden is taking part in the operation.
• NOTHING TO DO WITH US STATEMENT from: http://frontex.europa.eu/news/frontex-s-participation-in-mos-maiorum-BOeKrL : FRONTEX on Joint Operation "Mos Maiorum" (link)