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Joined Apr 2022
RT @EMSA_EU: At the opening of the #ECGFF Plenary Conference in #Split, we join @Frontex @EFCA_EU and #coastguard authorities and partners from all over the EU #coastguard #cooperation
It was a bad week for people who tried to cross EU’s borders with fraudulent documents🛂. Our standing corps officers managed to detect 53 such documents within the past days. We currently have 141 document experts deployed in all our operations
Last week, our plane spotted 19 migrant boats with 587 people on board when flying over the Central Mediterranean Sea.
#Frontex immediately alerted nearby national rescue coordination centres to send help as soon as possible
Boats abandoned in the high seas pose a significant threat for navigation. On average, we spot around five such boats every day.
Anytime this happens, we issue a navigation warning to all relevant authorities so that other ships transiting the area can avoid collision 🛥️
Happy Constitution Day, Slovakia! Šťastný Deň Ústavy! 🇸🇰 🇪🇺
Frontex currently has 29 🇸🇰 standing corps officers supporting 🇪🇺 Member States at their external borders.
38 Frontex officers are deployed to the 🇸🇰 border with Ukraine as part of the operation Terra
@georgvh We are currently deploying one aircraft. The infographic from our newsletter is inaccurate.
Over recent weeks, the border traffic between Ukraine and the 🇪🇺 has remained relatively stable.
More than 9.5 million entries to EU, including more than 8.5 million Ukrainian nationals, have been recorded since the beginning of Russia’s invasion
https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/ukraine-flows-across-external-borders-stabilise-over-summer-3gxpnO
Recently, our surveillance plane detected a rubber boat adrift in the Central Mediterranean and immediately broadcasted a Mayday to all nearby vessels. The rescue was performed by an NGO vessel which was close to the incident
Today, we are meeting with representatives from 🇪🇺 Member States and the @EU_Commission in Warsaw.
🗒️On the agenda:
the impact of the war in Ukraine, EU-candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova, as well as planned regional initiatives in the Eastern Partnership countries
🚨Another drug bust by #Frontex officers 👮👮♀️
Our #StandingCorps officers working in operation Minerva in 🇪🇸 and their Spanish colleagues discovered 139 kg of hashish hidden in a car.
A major success for the operational team! @policia
Our officers wish you a great weekend! ☀️
2203 Frontex staff and officers are present at 🇪🇺 external borders and beyond this week. We're supporting national authorities with border management and fighting cross-border crime
On International 🐕🦺Day, we’d like to give the floor to our four-legged helpers: Meet Randy, a German Shepherd trained to find people in collapsed buildings, lost in forests or mountains
https://www.facebook.com/frontex/posts/pfbid02xsV89Qj7sf5dKR9VJDXzDAgrKBo6PBVH7E8kbhYoYTfmLmeshuCkeBtLuy74eM6cl
🐕🦺Canine teams have an important role to play in #Frontex operations. They help detect drugs and explosives, firearms and ammunition, and search buildings and other areas for lost persons. There are currently 23 dog handlers working in our operations
When a family with two small kids drove up for a check at the border between 🇧🇬 and 🇹🇷 to enter the EU, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
But #Frontex officers and their service dog were suspicious.
After a search, the 👮♀️👮 found more than 100 kg of heroin hidden in the car.
The majority are persons with residence permits / visas to the 🇪🇺, or dual citizenship holders likely finding alternatives for restricted air connections
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 998 085 Russian citizens have entered the 🇪🇺 through land border crossing points. Most of them arrived via Finland and Estonia
Two #Frontex officers and their🐕helped Greek authorities in the search for a person wanted for homicide at the Idomeni train station. After a successful search, the suspect was apprehended without any use of force and handed over to the Greek police 🚨
🇪🇺🇺🇦update:
In the past week, the number of Ukrainians arriving in the 🇪🇺 exceeded those returning towards 🇺🇦.
In total, there were 9.5 million entries from Ukraine and Moldova since February
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Joined Apr 2022
