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Joined Apr 2022
With the #StandingCorps, EU’s first uniformed law enforcement service, #Frontex has transformed into an operational arm of the EU. Hundreds of officers are taking part in operations at the external borders of the European Union and beyond
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603791360544460803
Avila, Spain 🇪🇸
Take a look at the graduation ceremony and relive the moment with us
@policia
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603791144936263680
“I feel blessed and proud.”
Here is what some of our officers said after their graduation in Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
@MarinhaPT
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603790694107185152
A moment to remember.
This week, 323 standing corps cadets graduated from their basic trainings in Spain and Portugal. The officers will wear blue uniforms that represent the entire European Union and protect the 🇪🇺 area of freedom, security and justice
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603790004328796163
As part of the operation, law enforcement officers checked vans, trucks, ships and other cargos.
The operation in numbers:
👉 2 500 controls
👉 100 cases of illicit waste trafficking
👉 2000 tonnes of waste seized
👉 43 arrests
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603717220537884674
Frontex coordinated a large-scale operation against illicit waste trafficking across EU external borders with great support from @Europol and @EUAntiFraud
Our #StandingCorps officers supported local authorities when performing border checks.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603714419845988353
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Over the last two days, EFCA, @EMSA_EU and @Frontex representatives have met in Vigo at EFCA HQ to discuss on operational activities related to interagency cooperation on CG functions focusing on capacity sharing projects.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFCA_EU/status/1603394494434615298
RT @policia: ¡Enhorabuena!
La nueva promoción de 166 agentes de @Frontex termina hoy su curso de formación en la Escuela Nacional de @policia en #Ávila
Tras 12 meses de curso están listos para contribuir a la protección de las #fronteras europeas 🇪🇺
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603357241364594688
3, 2, 1...action!
166 cadets are about to graduate from their basic training in Avila, Spain 👏
They will soon join their colleagues already working all along EU’s external borders #StandingCorps
@policia
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603343319857516547
#Frontex and @policefederale work together at Brussels airport. We help authorities check hundreds of passengers every day, detect fraudulent documents and cases of trafficking in human beings 🛂
RT @policefederale: La Police Aéronautique a contrôlé hier à Brussels Airport, en collaboration avec @Frontex, les documents de voyage de centaines de passagers, en ciblant les faux papiers, le trafic d’êtres humains… 6 passagers ont été extraits des files en vue d’un cont…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603058322114240512
In four months, officers confiscated goods worth more than 2.2 million Euros, participated in 85 events, and saved 136 people at sea 🛟🌊
The operation combined border control, fisheries inspections, and detection of marine pollution
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603019739432947719
We have wrapped up this year's multipurpose maritime operation in the Black Sea.
Hosted by Bulgaria and Romania, the operation was run in cooperation with @EFCA_EU and @EMSA_EU 🤝
#Frontex provided standing corps officers and an aircraft to the operation
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1603018121513783298
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Today our Director @susan_steele_ had the pleasure of attending @Frontex conference on the role of EU's external borders & the honour of discussing with other heads of #EUAgencies & representatives of the Portuguese Navy such as Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.
#StrongerTogether
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EFCA_EU/status/1602695230494572544
#Frontex Exec. Director Aija Kalnaja and 🇵🇹 Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo opened the event, while EU Commissioner for Home Affairs @YlvaJohansson delivered a video message to the men and women who will soon start working at the EU’s external borders #StandingCorps @MarinhaPT
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602701951354929153
📍Happening now:
We are discussing the volatile situation at EU’s borders and the importance of closer 🇪🇺 cooperation with representatives of EU bodies and Portuguese authorities in Lisbon . The event gathered #StandingCorps officers about to graduate from their basic training
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602701941699710976
Latest from the 🇪🇺-🇺🇦 borders:
🔶 In the past week, more than 225 200 🇺🇦 citizens entered the EU
🔶 Over 203 700 Ukrainians left the EU in the same period
🔷 In total, nearly 12.1 million 🇺🇦 nationals entered the EU and over 9.3 million left for Ukraine since the war started
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602588708657680387
To support countries facing heavy migratory pressure and other challenges at their borders, Frontex is currently providing more than 2 100 #StandingCorps officers and various equipment in joint operations.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602309703534579712
The high numbers of illegal crossings on the Western Balkans route can be attributed to repeated attempts by migrants already present in the region, and the abuse of visa-free access to the region.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602309415113302016
Latest from EU’s external borders:
🔶 308 000 irregular entries entries detected this year, up 68% from last year
🔶 Migratory pressure is the highest since 2016
🔶 Western Balkans route remains the most active
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602309243738230785
Our new #StandingCorps officers are wrapping up their practical training in the port of Bari on board of two @guardiacostiera vessels 🇮🇹⚓️
RT @guardiacostiera: Si è concluso nei giorni scorsi a #Bari il tirocinio pratico marittimo - "experiential learning phase - maritime operations" - in favore del personale del Corpo Permanente dell'Agenzia Europea @Frontex 🇪🇺.
In particolare, nell'ultima fase formativa, il personale di Frontex (1/2)
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1602224556265054209
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