🚨Last week at 🇪🇺 external borders 🚨
#StandingCorps officers helped national authorities detect:
🔹19 falsified documents
🔹132 kg of drugs
🔹10 suspects of crime
🔹3 stolen cars 🚘
#securityEU
RT @EUHomeAffairs: Since Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the 🇪🇺 #StandsWithUkraine!
With #humanitarian aid, emergency assistance, border support as well as #TemporaryProtection we support those fleeing war.
RT @EU_Commission: 🇺🇦 Today is Ukraine’s Independence Day!
31 years of independence. 6 months of an existential fight to preserve it.
Ukraine already belongs in the European family. And Europe is at your side every step of the way.
A Romanian #Frontex vessel helped 🇮🇹 authorities carry out a search and rescue action off the coast of Calabria after a yacht sailing started to sink. Together with the Italian Coast Guard, they managed to save the lives of all the people on board
RT @FrontieraRO: Operațiune de salvare a Gărzii de Coastă sub egida @Frontex în Marea Mediterană. Un yacht s-a scufundat din cauza inundării compartimentului motor. Persoanele aflate la bord …
#JHAagencies are at the forefront of the EU’s solidarity with #Ukraine.
Read how 🇪🇺 agencies dealing with #Security, #Justice and #FundamentalRights are supporting 🇺🇦 in these difficult times ⬇️
Happy national day, Hungary! Boldog nemzeti ünnepet! 🇭🇺 🇪🇺
An Italian #Frontex helicopter was helping Albanian authorities with border surveillance 20 km off the coast when the crew noticed something unusual: a sailing boat and three smaller fiberglass boats were quickly exchanging some boxes between each other in the open sea...
The helicopter crew alerted 🇮🇹 and 🇦🇱 authorities and the sailing boat was brought to shore. What was on board? Apart from two suspected smugglers, one tonne of marihuana and a lot of cash.
The two other boats were intercepted in the Albanian territorial waters
@effiemou39 Search and rescue is a legal obligation and a priority for everyone operating at sea. It is also part of all our operational plans. Rescuing lives and fighting cross-border crime do not contradict each other.
It has been an intense week for all officers in #Frontex operations.
Our boats and planes helped rescue 794 persons in 17 search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean
#migrationEU
In the past 8 days, more Ukrainian citizens have been leaving than entering the 🇪🇺
We expect the number of people crossing 🇪🇺-🇺🇦 borders to remain high due to the summer season and the import & export of goods continuing through land borders
🚨We’re in the middle of summer, but the #StandingCorps officers are on duty.
In the past week, we helped authorities in the 🇪🇺 and beyond detect 1 tonne of marijuana, 5 suspected smugglers, 9 falsified documents, 6 stolen🚘and a potential case of trafficking in children
Responding to the high migratory pressure, #Frontex has more than 2 200 standing corps officers and staff at various sections of the 🇪🇺 external border, as well as in Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Moldova
The Western Balkan continued to be the most active migratory route into the EU with 14 866 detections in July, nearly three times more than last year.
The number of arrivals is also high in the Central Mediterranean with 14 800 irregular border crossings registered in July
Latest from the 🇪🇺 external borders:
In the first seven months of this year, there were about 155 090 irregular entries to the European Union 🇪🇺, 86% more than in the same period of last year.
Read our latest press release ⬇️
https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/eu-s-external-borders-in-july-increased-number-of-crossings-on-the-central-mediterranean-vCtsyr
📷This Danish helicopter has recently joined our operation Indalo in Spain.
The crew helps 🇪🇸authorities detect people smuggling & other types of cross-border crime. They also assist in identifying illegal fishing and environmental pollution in the Strait of Gibraltar 🇩🇰 🚁
49 migrants tried to reach Europe in inflatable kayaks, very dangerous in quickly changing sea conditions of the Central Mediterranean. Luckily, Frontex spotted them from the air and a Lithuanian #Frontex boat was sent to the rescue
Search and rescue is part of every #Frontex sea operation. Last week, #Frontex boats and airplanes helped EU Member States save 631 persons who needed help at sea
#migrationEU
Interested in a traineeship with #Frontex? Registration for the March 2023 Blue Book Traineeship is open!
Submit your application through the European Commission’s website until 31 August and make sure to indicate Frontex as your preferred option ⬇️
https://traineeships.ec.europa.eu/
🚨#StandingCorps officers help make the #EU borders safer.
In the past 7 days, we detected 300 kg of drugs, 3 stolen cars, 4 suspected smugglers and 18 falsified documents 🔍
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