TIRANA, May 22 – As part of the EU’s goal to provide protection against illegal immigration at its external borders, FRONTEX will establish a police troop equipped with weapons and other means to help Albanian police manage and secure the Albanian-Greek border.
It is the first time in FRONTEX history, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, that such an operation is undertaken in order to protect a border from cross-border migration and criminality.
Currently, 50 police officers from different EU countries, 16 patrol cars and one machine for immigrant thermal identification have been established at the border between Albania and Greece to support our country in the fight against immigration and cross-border crime
Frontex officers in exceptional cases will be able to take over the powers of the Albanian police, acting on behalf of and in the account of the Albanian state.
This operation – part of the agreement, the first of its kind, signed on October 5, 2018 by representatives of the EU and the Albanian government – is a direct measure that the EU is undertaking to stop illegal immigration and drugs coming from Albania.
