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Joined Apr 2022
The trainees practiced their cross-cultural communication and learned how to address special needs of vulnerable groups.
The course also covers #FundamentalRights law, psychological aspects of the work, and knowledge of reintegration programmes
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1631322521537507329
#Frontex has launched a pilot training on return and reintegration counselling.
14 #StandingCorps return specialists took part in its first iteration
Learn more: https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/focus/return-counselling-BXc51Q
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1631322217240821765
People with no right to stay in the EU are generally given a period for voluntary departure. During this process, they can be assisted by professional return counsellors who discuss with them different return options and their consequences
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1631320771447627776
14 #Frontex officers working in Albania 🇦🇱 joined a training dedicated to the use and maintenance of advanced thermal imaging equipment.
We are training today to prepare for tomorrow’s missions!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1630948095658786816
We welcome our new Executive Director! 🤝
RT @LeijtensFrontex: Starting my mission at #Frontex today!
I’m looking forward to new professional endeavours and working with the committed @Frontex staff
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1630943964642590720
2022 was marked by new threats and challenges at our external frontiers. We witnessed the highest number of irregular border crossings since 2016.
Why does Europe need #Frontex today?
Find out: https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-in-2022-an-overview-of-the-agency-s-work-last-year-RKxL4B 👈
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1630561773433626630
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🛣️ Keen to discover European countries on a road trip during your next holidays?
You can travel freely across the #SchengenEU area, without internal border checks!
This is possible thanks to the Schengen Information System #SIS, making the Schengen area safe ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUHomeAffairs/status/1630501234896523264
Last week in Frontex operations:
👉 474 people rescued at sea with the help of Frontex co-financed equipment
👉 2 357 kg of drugs and 76 falsified documents detected
👉 9 detections of stolen vehicle parts
👉 125 050 EUR of undeclared currency seized
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1630523920892788740
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I deeply regret the loss of life off Calabria, Italy, this weekend.
Our thoughts go to the families of the migrants who lost their lives.
This tragic event underscores, in the starkest terms, that fighting smuggling…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/YlvaJohansson/status/1629958526918438919
#Frontex has been supporting EU countries and neighbours with the high number of people seeking shelter from the war.
Our support for Ukraine is not waning. In January, we signed a grant agreement worth 12 million euros to support Ukrainian State Border Guard Service
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1629121183533658115
Today marks one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Together with our partners, we #StandWithUkraine
https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-stands-with-ukraine-koMhlh
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1629118758026416129
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🇪🇺 🇲🇰 EU concludes agreement with North Macedonia on @Frontex operational cooperation.
As of 1 April, Frontex will be able to assist North Macedonia in its efforts to manage migratory flows, counter illegal immigration, and tackle cross-border crime.
Read the press release 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1629095135194611720
RT @anittahipper: Against Putin’s invasion, #Moldova is also facing challenges.
Moldova is not alone. EU provides support:
📌Launch of 🇪🇺Support Hub for Internal Security and Border Management 🇲🇩
📌@Frontex staff at🇲🇩border
📌@EUAA visited over 60 locations🇲🇩
Împreună suntem mai puternici.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1629063307653939200
Director General Migration and Home Affairs @MoniquePariatEU visited the Greek-Turkish border and thanked #Frontex officers for their contribution to protect EU’s borders
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1629060666152701953
Happy Independence Day, Estonia! 🇪🇪 🇪🇺
We spoke with Olga, a #StandingCorps officer from 🇪🇪 currently working at the Bulgarian-Serbian border:
“Making new friends from all over the EU is the most rewarding part of this job for me.”
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1629060388732956672
Frontex’s Executive Director ai, Aija Kalnaja, was in Athens for the #bordersconference2023.
She took part in discussions on tools and measures to tackle current challenges and prevent future crises at the EU’s external borders @YlvaJohansson @nmitarakis @NinaGregoriEUAA
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1629060373700657156
#Frontex Fundamental Rights Office launched the pilot phase of a new project.
The #FundamentalRights monitors will now be able to accompany local patrolling teams in border surveillance activities
Find out more about the pilot mission: https://www.facebook.com/frontex/posts/pfbid05z5MVJQB1Rq3hbPDUQfetZoXfNtkN3a1FiqVQCzPBySNLSZDnYpN1EK8LV29aQ4rl
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1628709903354273793
The forum is an independent body which provides strategic fundamental rights advice to Frontex. It brings together EU institutions, international and civil society organisations.
Full list of members and more information: https://frontex.europa.eu/accountability/fundamental-rights/consultative-forum/general/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1628409365777510400
#Frontex executive management and the chairperson of the agency’s Management Board met with the Consultative Forum to discuss the current situation at the external borders.
👉 https://frontex.europa.eu/accountability/fundamental-rights/consultative-forum/documents/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1628409257971396622
The grant for 🇺🇦 covers a list of equipment, such as winter uniforms for border guards, electric generators, portable power stations, field kitchens, patrol vehicles, or pumps https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/helping-ukrainian-border-guards-secure-borders-in-harsh-winter-conditions-VkdY9m
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1628389481295355906
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Joined Apr 2022
