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Meet Frontex Officers

Meet Frontex Officers

2018-03-07

Every year, Frontex deploys thousands of officers to different external borders of the EU. They come from different Member States and have various tasks: some are border surveillance officers, while others are fingerprinting and registration experts or debriefing experts. Here, we introduce different officers who have been deployed in our operations, and let them explain their work.

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Frontex Analysis: Countering organised crime at sea

Frontex Analysis: Countering organised crime at sea

2018-03-05

Organised crime groups often use sea routes to smuggle illegal goods to Europe. In large part this means significant amounts of drugs on different sea routes

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Frontex Analysis: Role of Border Guards in Countering Terrorism

Frontex Analysis: Role of Border Guards in Countering Terrorism

2018-02-27

Keeping Europe safe means tackling potential terrorist threats at its external borders. Dealing with terrorism at the borders is a challenge for Europe’s law enforcement, but also an opportunity. Borders provide geographical filter where Member States can take actions and enforce the rule of law. More secure external borders mean more secure Europe.

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Why are there fewer Bangladeshi migrants arriving in Italy in recent months?

Why are there fewer Bangladeshi migrants arriving in Italy in recent months?

2017-09-15

In early 2017, Bangladeshis were the second largest nationality among the irregular migrants arriving in Italy from Libya, accounting for one out of every eight migrants taking the Central Mediterranean sea route. In recent months, they made up barely 4 per cent of all arrivals.

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Focus on Western Mediterreanean route: Frontex in Spain

Focus on Western Mediterreanean route: Frontex in Spain

2017-08-03

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, assists Spain in dealing with various types of cross-border crime, including people smuggling, as well as trafficking of drugs, weapons and cigarettes. Frontex supports the national authorities with border control and surveillance, identification and registration and its ships and airplanes contribute to search and rescue operations.

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Better knowledge is better management – first European Joint Master’s in Strategic Border Management

Better knowledge is better management – first European Joint Master’s in Strategic Border Management

2017-06-26

In early June, the first group of graduates received a European joint master’s degree in Strategic Border Management, co-awarded by five higher education institutions: the Rezekne Academy of Technologies from Latvia, Mykolas Romeris University from Lithuania, the Netherlands Defence Academy Faculty of Military Science, the National University for Distance-Learning Education from Spain and the University of Salamanca, in collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences.

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