134 results for "Balkan route"
2015-10-13
The total number of migrants who crossed the EU’s external borders in the first nine months of this year rose to more than 710 000 with the Greek islands on the Aegean continuing to be the most affected by the unprecedented inflow of people. This compares with 282 000 recorded in all of last year. Syrian woman rescued near Lesbos In the month of September, the number of detections at EU’s external borders stood at 170 000 last month compared to 190 000 recorded in August.The Greek islands, ...
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2018-08-07
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has just published its analyses of the situation in the Western Balkans in 2017 and in the first quarter of 2018.The annual analysis points to a 92 per cent drop in the number of illegal border-crossings by migrants from outside of the Western Balkans region to roughly 19 000 from more than 260 000 in 2016. According to Frontex Western Balkans Q1 report, in the first three months of this year the number of illegal border-crossings by ...
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2017-07-25
Files available for download WB ARA 2017 (6.8 MB) Bringing the unprecedented migration flow back under control / coordination and cooperation remain crucial An array of response measures, ranging from coordinated enhancement of border-controls by the most affected countries to policy actions supported by the EU, contributed to a marked reduction in the volume of the non-regional1 migratory flow transiting the Eastern Mediterranean and subsequently the Western Balkans. Overall, on the Western ...
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2015-04-17
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q4_2014.pdf (434.4 KB) In the fourth quarter of 2014 indicators of irregular migration and asylum exchanged un-der the Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) changed only slightly compared the third quarter of 2014. Winter months tend to be marked by substantially lower migration pressure at the external borders, but in Q4 2014 detections of illegal border-crossings and illegal stay dropped less significantly and did not fall to the ...
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2022-11-16
On 9 November, Frontex and the Czech Presidency of the Council launched a new forum on border security operations with executive powers in Prague. The opening conference gathered EU Member States and the EU pre-accession countries with Status Agreements concluded. At the moment, Frontex implements operations with executive powers in four non-EU countries: Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and Moldova. Upon the entry into force of the Status Agreement between the EU and North Macedonia (signed on 27 ...
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2016-06-06
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/WB_ARA_2016.pdf (4.4 MB) Large-scale migration flow and border management/security The numbers of non-regional migrants transiting the Balkans reached unprecedented and extraordinary levels during 2015 with over 2 million illegal border-crossings reported by all the countries in the region. For comparison, this was roughly 30 times more than in 2014. For several years, the main routes have remained the same: Turkey-Greece-former Yugoslav ...
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2015-12-15
The number of migrants arriving in Greece in November fell by more than half from the previous month to 108 000, recording its first month-on-month drop this year. However, this was still the highest number of arrivals in Greece in the month of November.The worsening weather conditions, which make it more dangerous for migrants to cross the sea from Turkey to the Greek islands, are likely the main reason for the significant decrease in the number of migrants. Another factor may be the more ...
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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. Big cocaine shipments are smuggled directly from Latin America to Europe through transatlantic routes hidden in shipping containers and concealed compartments of various types of vessels. Cannabis is smuggled to Western and Central Europe via the Adriatic Sea on speed boats and ferries from Albanian ports. Hashish often reaches Spanish ...
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2023-02-02
This week, Frontex Deputy Executive Director for Returns and Operations, Lars Gerdes, attended the ministerial conference “Effective EU External Borders Management” in Sofia.The conference was chaired by Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior and Deputy Prime Minister for Public Order and Security.It gathered representatives of Member States' Ministers, State Secretaries and Ambassadors with an external EU land border with the aim to discuss the current migratory situation, identify a common approach ...
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2014-05-14
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annual_Risk_Analysis_2014.pdf (11 MB) Frontex Annual Risk Analysis 2014 presents a European summary of trends and developments along the external borders of the Member States of the EU. It focuses on describing current challenges that are likely to impact on operations coordinated along the external borders. It presents the latest update regarding the situation before the border, at the border and after the border. Before the border Data ...
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