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Joined Apr 2022
How to stop drugs from being smuggled across the border? Send in our Polish standing corps officer Blazej and his dog Diesel 👮🐕
Blazej and Diesel were recently awarded a certificate of appreciation by Croatian authorities - they detected 18 cases of drugs smuggling this summer
We're strengthening our support to 🇲🇩:
#Frontex has deployed additional 20 officers to patrol the 🇲🇩-🇺🇦 border along with Moldovan colleagues
Read more https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/n
RT @EU_CEPOL: 😷 Since the outbreak of #COVID19 in 2020, #JHAagencies have been supporting Member States and EU institutions in meeting unprecedented challenges & finding effective solutions.
Read all about these actions in our newest joint paper: https://www.cepol.europa.eu/media/news/eu-justice-home-affairs-agencies-joint-paper-covid-19-latest-update
The network was initiated by @EuropeanCommission @EUHomeAffairs and chaired the EU Return Coordinator
RT @EUHomeAffairs: The EU Return Coordinator, Mari Juritsch, chaired the first High-level Network for #Return this week.
The Network has representatives from all EU Member States, #Schengen Associated States and the @Frontex Deputy Executive Director for Return Operations.
RT @EUHomeAffairs: The Network will support the #Return Coordinator in identifying priority activities to develop national frameworks, improve administrative and technical capacities to carry out returns, as well as enhancing cooperation between Member States and @Frontex.
Latest from 🇪🇺 external borders:
🔹188 200 irregular entries recorded in first eight months of 2022
🔹This is the highest total for the January-August period since 2016
🔹Western Balkan, Central Mediterranean routes remain most active
Read more⬇️
https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/eu-external-borders-in-august-highest-number-of-arrivals-since-2016-cNniKc
Lars Gerdes, #Frontex Deputy Executive Director, underlined the agency's role in implementing the EU strategy on return: "We support Member States in the whole return process, incl. in voluntary returns, post arrival and reintegration"
https://frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/eu-commissioner-johansson-opens-first-frontex-return-network-BGbBhM
Yesterday, EU Commissioner @YlvaJohansson opened the first #Frontex high-level network on returns:
"To return people with dignity, effectively and rapidly, I made returns a cornerstone of the new pact on migration and asylum"
We’ve wrapped up a workshop on human rights at the borders for representatives from all Member States of @arableague_gs in Cairo, 🇪🇬.
It was opened by Assistant Minister Hossam El-Kholy and delivered by #Frontex Deputy Fundamental Right Officer
#eu4bordersecurity
We’ve wrapped up a workshop on human rights at the borders for representatives from all Member States of @arableague_gs in Cairo, 🇪🇬.
It was opened by Assistant Minister Hassam El-Kholy and delivered by #Frontex Deputy Fundamental Right Officer
#eu4bordersecurity
Today @EconomicForumEN in Poland: #Frontex Deputy Executive Director @USarekanno discussed crisis management in reaction to Russian war in Ukraine, stressing the outstanding role that the Polish government and civil society have played during the biggest refugee crisis after WWII
We’ve joined @EMSA_EU and @EFCA_EU in Split 🇭🇷 today during the European Coast Guard Functions Forum plenary conference to present how multipurpose maritime operations help make 🌊 borders more secure
#ECGFF #EUcoastguard
RT @RevencoAna: Happy to host the 2nd reunion of the EU Support Hub in Chișinău, with @EuinMoldova.
Today, we will create a common operational picture of cross-border crime with the colleagues from @EUHomeAffairs, @Frontex, @Europol, @EU_CEPOL, @EUBAM_MD_UA and EU member states 🇪🇺🇲🇩
🇪🇺🇺🇦: Border traffic remains at high but relatively stable levels as Ukrainians continue to return to their home country.
During the past 30 days, 1.32 million Ukrainians returned to Ukraine while 1.19 million arrived in the EU
Smugglers continue to put lives in danger by cramming people into overcrowded boats in the Central Mediterranean.
Just last weekend, our plane detected five boats carrying 480 people, most of them without life jackets. We alerted national authorities to support rescue operations
@J_Bardella @J_Bardella
#Frontex did not cancel your visit to the operation in Spain. We are always ready to present our activities, however the agency has no authority to approve visits to the operational in the host Member State
RT @EFCA_EU: It's time for #COASTEX22!
For this year #CoastGuard Functions Exercise at 🌊
our chartered vessel #LundySentinel is involved, along with air and sea assets from 🇭🇷 authorities @MORH_OSRH, @Frontex & @EMSA_EU pollution response vessel.
We’re continuing to increase the number of forced-return monitors on return flights coordinated by #Frontex.
Last week, fundamental rights monitors from the agency and monitors from EU countries took part in a special training in 🇸🇰 to prepare them for their important task
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Joined Apr 2022
