BORDER SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UKRAINIAN WAR
BORDER SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UKRAINIAN WAR

Summary/Abstract: The EU and its Member States are currently working on concrete measures to guarantee Europe's security and strengthen the EU's external borders. The war between Russia and Ukraine has created several challenges for border police forces and border security, in general, mainly at the external borders of EU. The recent global threats such as the increase of illegal immigration, the high risks of terrorism and cross border criminality and the war itself created the essential need for exchanging cross-border information in order to prevent, detect, and investigate cross border criminality across Europe and the neighbouring countries. FRONTEX Agency closely monitors the EU's external borders. It also works with Member States to quickly identify and address any security threats at external borders. The Border Guard and the Coast Guard at European level support: managing migration more effectively, safeguarding the principle of free movement of persons, improving EU internal security etc. Strengthening the EU's external borders and cooperation with third countries are some of the concerns expressed by the new EU strategy regarding the Security Union, for the period 2020-2025. The paper is focusing on different issues related to organised crime and security threats aiming at finding out solutions in the context of Frontex operational responses which is serving those multiple purposes to better respond and tackle wide range of threats encountered at the EU external borders.

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