🚨 We’re proud to launch #Frontex joint operation in North Macedonia today! More than 100 #EUborderguard officers will work alongside their 🇲🇰colleagues to support them with border management https://europa.eu/!qBNWY6
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1648997595748921346
🇽🇰🇪🇺 Signing ceremony ~ Visa free travel for Kosovo to #SchengenEU area – big achievement!
The new rules will allow #Kosovo passport holders no later than January 2024 to travel to Schengen area without a visa for a period of stay of 90 days in any 180-day period.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUHomeAffairs/status/1648721913663848450
Taking part in the briefing for new operation were Minister of Interior Affairs @o_spasovski and #Frontex Deputy Executive Director Lars Gerdes: “We seek to secure not only borders but also the essence of our European identity - values of freedom, democracy, and rule of law”
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1648697498775478273
We’re preparing for tomorrow’s launch of the Frontex joint operation in North Macedonia! 100 #EUborderguard officers will support their colleagues with border management. Stay tuned!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1648697480018636810
RT @EMSA_EU: Today we kicked off an informative yet practical workshop on 'Coast Guard Functions in support of the European Green Deal' organised jointly with the European Coast Guard Functions Forum #ECGFF under its current Belgian chairmanship, in cooperation with @EFCA_EU and @Frontex
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1648383451785986048
Last week in #Frontex operations:
👉 64 detections of falsified documents
👉 481 kgs of drugs detected
👉 8 impostors detected
👉 144 counterfeit goods items seized
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1648302646820757504
There’s a famous Moldovan proverb: “If you share what you have with others, there will be Heaven on Earth.”
Celebrating Orthodox Easter, Moldovan children in need, supported by Frontex officers, shared sweets and flowers with travellers at the border with Ukraine! 🇲🇩🇺🇦
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1647593183780519942
Frontex has more than 2 000 #StandingCorps on the ground each month. Our officers come from different countries and represent different faiths.
Orthodox Easter is observed in nine countries where we are present. Happy holidays to those who celebrate today! 🐰🐣💐
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1647502585560207360
For the past months we have shared with you vidoes showing the work of #Frontex officers at the EU’s external borders 👮♂️🇪🇺
You can watch them all again under this playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxfDBNM7SPxFsh9xRrqXoow7udWbwMxr8
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1647140198881394691
RT @LeijtensFrontex: On my way to a management seminar with @Frontex leadership team. We’ll talk about the path forward for our agency. #Frontex must become an even more effective law enforcement organisation to tackle the challenges at our borders. Europe needs us #EUBorderGuard
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1646781603425689601
🔹The Central Mediterranean route accounts for more than half of all irregular border crossings into the EU
🔹Western Balkans remains the second most active migratory route with nearly 15 000 detections
🔹Nationals of Syria, Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea account for the largest number…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1646145897674203138
🆕 Latest from the EU's external borders:
📈In the first three months of 2023, the number of irregular border crossings increased to 54 000, 26% more than in the same period last year.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1646144400840445952
🆕New requirements to travel to Europe in 2024.
ETIAS is an initiative to improve border #securityEU throughout Europe.
#Frontex will play a key role in ETIAS: The agency will host the ETIAS Central Unit, which will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to handle…
RT @EUHomeAffairs: 🆕 New requirements to travel to Europe in 2024
ETIAS is an initiative to improve border #securityEU throughout Europe.
To apply for an #ETIAS travel authorisation, use the of…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1646074860920008704
Happy Easter 🐰 🐣🌼 to everyone celebrating it today, especially those who help to make Europe’s borders more secure!
This holiday weekend, over 2500 people work in #Frontex operations, far from home. They support countries around Europe to protect our borders.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1645004300312084480
#Frontex officers working at the Paris Orly airport have recently received access to national databases. From now on, they will perform first-line checks on persons and documents.
25 #StandingCorps officers support France at its air borders
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1644276540778192896
Last week in #Frontex operations:
👉 69 detections of falsified documents
👉 400 kgs of drugs detected
👉 4 detections of stolen vehicle parts
👉 14 000 euro of undeclared currency seized
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1643901008504844290
We welcomed a delegation from the 🇺🇸 @CBP for a visit to the headquarters. After a visit to our operational centres, we discussed how we can work closer together and exchange information about border management
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1643537920677015552
RT @LithuaniaInEU: When thanking @Frontex for its significant contribution to protecting #EU 🇪🇺 external borders, FM🇱🇹 @glandsbergis pointed out that although the situation at the border was under control, the hybrid attack on #European borders had yet to end.
Read more 🔗 https://t.co/GcE45O5LzL
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1643223408807669761
RT @LeijtensFrontex: I’m at Lithuania’s border with Belarus today with Minister of Interior @ABilotaite. A secure eastern border is essential for the European Union and I’m proud that @Frontex is here, shoulder-to-shoulder with Lithuania
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Frontex/status/1642863819696349184
Hi Duke! 🐕🦺👋
Meet Pedro, a dog handler from Portugal 🇵🇹 on a mission in Spain, and Duke, a Belgian Malinois.
With @Frontex , Pedro and Duke help check trucks that cross the Strait of Gibraltar by ferry ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUHomeAffairs/status/1642801809721884673
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