28 results for "ARA"
2012-05-15
Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/WB_ARA_2012.pdf (4.3 MB) The geographical position of the Western Balkans, extensive regional trade and good road infrastructure regularly produce large cross-border flows of people and goods. Regular flow in both directions at the Slovenian-Croatian border, for example, exceeded 47 million persons and 21 million vehicles in 2011. The two numbers represented roughly 6% and 5% increases, respectively, compared to 2010. The ...
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2012-05-15
The third Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis Report (WB ARA 2012) published by Frontex assesses the situation at the common borders between Western Balkan countries and neighbouring EU Member States. The analysis shows that the irregular migration flows have further evolved during 2011 with the Slovenian-Croatian border being clearly the busiest EU external land border section. This situation was driven by three main factors: the extension of visa liberalisation for biometric passport holders ...
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2011-05-26
Frontex’s second Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis (WB ARA) is now available. It was developed in cooperation with the Western Balkan Risk Analysis Network (WB-RAN) comprising the Risk Analysis Units of the competent border-control authorities of: - Albania, - Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), - Croatia, - the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), - Montenegro, - Serbia, and - the Frontex Risk Analysis Unit (RAU). The analysis focuses mainly on irregular migration and is structured ...
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2010-07-07
The Frontex Annual Risk Analysis report outlines the situation at the EU’s external borders in 2010 with an assessment of current and future trends in order to allow effective allocation of common resources. Files available for download Extract from the Frontex Annual Risk Analysis Report ()
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2025-06-03
The Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) is Frontex’ strategic risk analysis report that identifies the key risks to the external borders of the EU. The report offers conclusions on the predominant risks to inform policy- and strategic decision-making. The analysis on irregular migration, cross-border crime, terrorism and hybrid threats provides a comprehensive overview of future threats and challenges that could jeopardise the security and smooth functioning of external borders of the EU. Files ...
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2014-07-21
In 2013 over 40,000 illegal border-crossings were detected at the external EU borders of the Western Balkans and at the borders between five Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). This figure is 27% higher than in the previous year and half of the irregular migrants were detected at the Hungarian-Serbian border. Croatia’s accession to the EU on 1 July 2013 has had no effect on migratory flows in the region. ...
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2012-04-20
Frontex published its Annual Risk Analysis (ARA) for 2012 on April 19. The document, available through the Frontex website, presents an analysis of events related to border control as well as to illegal border crossing and different forms of cross-border crime during 2011. Developed together with those Member State border authorities comprising the Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN), ARA 2012 presents the main trends of last year along with probable future developments and recommendations for ...
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2013-04-18
The year 2012 saw a 50% decrease in the number of illegal border crossings detected at EU level compared to the year before. Moreover, at around 73 000, it was the first year since systematic data collection started in 2008 that the total figure for the year stood at less than 100 000. The main reasons for these drops were two-fold. On the Central Mediterranean sea route to the EU, 2011 was marked by heavy influxes from Libya and Tunisia as a result of the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings. Those flows ...
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