135 results for "Romania"
2022-03-02
Based on a request from Romanian authorities, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri decided to send additional support to Romania in its efforts to help the Ukrainian population fleeing the violence in their home country. Frontex will send about 150 officers, along with 45 patrol cars and other equipment to Romania’s border with Moldova and Ukraine this week. The first officers will arrive in the operational area on 4 March, many are already on their way as they are being redeployed from ...
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2026-02-27
From 22-24 February 2026, a delegation from Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led by Deputy Executive Director for Capabilities Aija Kalnaja, visited Romania for high-level talks on border security cooperation, training and cybersecurity. The visit brought together Frontex and Romanian authorities to review ongoing cooperation and identify areas for further joint work, including training, operational preparedness, maritime surveillance and cyber resilience. During the ...
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2023-06-18
This week, Frontex and Romanian authorities launched an operational pilot project at the country’s external border with Moldova and Ukraine. The project – operation Centurion – is conducted within the ongoing Frontex operation in Romania, aims to test a new command structure to further strengthen the effectiveness of Frontex operations. “The EU border guard keeps growing, which requires us to redefine tasks and responsibilities among the members of the teams. The new command structure will ...
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2008-09-04
The first European Dog Handlers Show, open to the wide audience, took place last Saturday in Oradea (Romania). Seventeen team from all across European Union performed joint exercises based on real case scenarios. During the show, dog handlers tested the common dog training standards developed in the Frontex Dog Handlers Manual. The manual is a curriculum focusing on four specific areas such as standards for selection of dogs and dog handlers, dog handlers training, dog training and common ...
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Romania: Politia de Frontieră Română The Romanian Border Police is a nation-wide body, acting as a police-type institution. It is the main institution in charge of border checks and surveillance of the state border, as well as preventing and countering cross-border crime, with special emphasis on illegal migration. Over 15 000 border policemen are the first to greet Romania's visitors, as they are responsible for monitoring 3 147 km of borders, out of which 2 070 km represent the second...
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2007-06-05
The total of 31 officers from 14 Member States participated in a joint operation coordinated by Frontex with the aim to tackle illegal migration of Moldovan nationals. During their deployment at several border crossing points and along the green border of Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, the task of the guest officers was to enhance border control and to assist local authorities to identify false/falsified document used by the nationals of Moldova. Besides the hosting countries, ...
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2025-08-26
Frontex and Romanian authorities led MME Callatis 2025, a large-scale maritime exercise in the Black Sea on 21–22 August, bringing together EU and national agencies for five high-intensity scenarios, from hostage rescue and irregular migration to mine clearance, oil spill response and SAR. With over 250 Frontex officers in Romania, the drill showcased joint operational capability, including the first mixed crewing of a Maltese Coastal Patrol Boat, and reinforced Romania’s role as a key hub for ...
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2010-10-29
Warsaw 29 October - Five days after receiving a request from Greece for deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs), Frontex has finalised arrangements for human and technical resources to be deployed to the Greek-Turkish land border in the region of Orestiada and neighbouring areas. In total, 175 border-control specialists have been made available by the 26 Member States and Schengen-Associated Countries participating in the first ever RABIT deployment. Joint Operation (JO) RABIT ...
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2025-08-26
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and Romanian authorities led MME Callatis 2025, a multipurpose maritime exercise in the Black Sea, on 21–22 August. The drill brought together European and national agencies to confront simulated maritime emergencies, and to strengthen the cooperation needed to manage today’s evolving threat landscape. Just off the coast of Mangalia, Romania, forces tackled five high-intensity scenarios: rescuing a ship’s crew taken hostage, intercepting a ...
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2010-12-01
Warsaw, December 1, 2010 — The Meteor 2010 Joint Operation at Bucharest’s Otopeni (Henri Coanda) International Airport in Romania came to an end on November 29. The Frontex-coordinated operation was launched on November 17 to counter irregular immigration and cross-border crime. The two-week operation, coordinated by Frontex’s Air Borders Section, involved the deployment of 18 guest officers from 10 EU Member States at Bucharest Otopeni Airport working closely with the Romanian Border Police to ...
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