Instructions: Read the passage on Fundamental Rights and Border Guarding and decide if the sentences below are true  or false .

   Fundamental Rights and Border Guarding

 The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR) protects political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) citizens and residents. It was created by the European Convention and came into full legal effect in 2009.

 There are 54 Articles in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Ten of those rights are most important to border guarding. They are:

 •            human dignity (Article 1);

 •            the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 4);

 •            the prohibition of trafficking in human beings (Article 5);

 •            the right to liberty and security (Article 6);

 •            the right to asylum and protection in the event of removal, expulsion or extradition (Articles 18 and 19);

 •            non-discrimination (Article 21);

 •            the rights of the child (Article 24);

 •            the right to good administration (Article 41);

 •            the right to an effective remedy (Article 47).