135 results for "Romania"
2022-12-06
Meet Mihai, an officer from Romania working at EU’s external border in Spain. Before joining the standing corps, Mihai purchased specialised equipment for the Romanian Border Police. Now, he works as a Frontex tactical support officer, coordinating a team of 18 people.
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2008-10-29
“Dacia 2008”, a ten-day-long exercise of Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT) concluded today. Coordinated by Frontex, it was carried out on the border between Romania and Moldova. The primary aim of the exercise was to test the management of the RABIT Teams deployment mechanism providing assistance to Member States faced with “urgent and exceptional situations” such as arrivals of a large number of third-country nationals trying to enter their territory illegally. A total of 49 RABITs - ...
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2022-03-20
Last week, Frontex standing corps officers deployed at the border between Ukraine and Romania asked for permission to give out teddy bears donated by Polish children to the Ukrainian children crossing the border.A parallel request was made by the local team of Romanian police officers. The agency approved of the idea and cleared the initiative called “Secret Teddies Mission”. The 1,500 teddy bears were donated by children from several Polish towns and municipalities, with parents, families and ...
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2022-12-14
Operation co-led by Frontex, Bulgaria and Romania in cooperation with EFCA and EMSA Aim: border control, including search and rescue, fisheries inspection, detection of marine pollution Main outcome: Confiscated goods worth more than 2 million euros; 85 events, 136 people rescued Frontex, in cooperation with European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), has recently wrapped up the Multipurpose Maritime Operation in the Black Sea for 2022. Hosted by ...
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2023-04-13
Meet Iulian, an officer from Romania working at the Athens International Airport. Before joining Frontex, he worked for the Romanian border police and performed border checks at the Iași International Airport. Now, he is an advanced level document officer at Frontex, checking the authenticity of travellers’ documents.“It’s very important for the EU citizens to take care of their documents because they can be stolen and used for illegal purposes by impostors.”Find out more about the differences ...
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2011-10-25
When compared to 2009, the overall migratory situation at the common borders between Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and neighboring Poland, Slovakia, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Romania, Latvia, Hungary and Estonia did not change significantly. Analysis of the available data indicate that smuggling of cigarettes, fuel as well as household goods remain the largest risk at the common borders between these countries. This is mostly due to the considerable price differences ...
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2022-04-06
Frontex Executive Director gave an interview to the Greek newspaper ‘’To Vima’’ and talked about the risks of increased trafficking of human beings and gun smuggling that come with the war in Ukraine. Mr Leggeri talked also about the support Frontex provides to the countries bordering Ukraine. The interview preceded his participation in the Delphi Economic Forum that will take place in Greece from 6 to 9 April.Below are the most important quotes from the interview: • “The Russian invasion in ...
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2009-02-18
The second exercise of the Pilot Project Northern Lights 2008 took place between 9 and 13 February 2009 in Warsaw, Poland. The main objective of the exercise was to exchange experience and best practices between border guards’ special task forces in urban environment. 25 participants from Estonia, Finland, Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania and Slovakia took part in the exercise with Poland being a host country. During the exercise emphasize was put on special team movement, high risk ...
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2023-12-05
Every day, EU external borders are targeted by criminal networks committing different types of illegal activities. Frontex regularly coordinates international operations to respond to criminal phenomena and stop the crime at the borders. One of such operations is known as Joint Action Days (JAD) Finestra targeting cases of cross-border crime at the EU’s external borders. The third edition of JAD – Finestra 3 – took place between 6 and 17 November. It focused on detecting the smuggling of ...
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2022-05-24
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson met with the staff and executive management of Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, during her visit at the agency’s headquarters today. Commissioner Johansson discussed the recent changes in the agency with the three Frontex Deputy Executive Directors, including Aija Kalnaja, Deputy Executive Director for Standing Corps Management who is leading the agency until the Frontex Management Board appoints the Executive Director ad ...
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