Romanian Border Police, active participant of the fight against illegal migration

A Romanian Border Police delegation, leaded by the General Inspector, Mr. IOAN BUDA, participated in Spain, in the sixth Euro-African Police Conference regarding the illegal migration.

From 18th to 20th of October 2011 took place the sixth Euro-African Police Conference regarding the illegal migration.

Within this reunion, Romania was represented by a Romanian Border Police delegation, leaded by the General Inspector, Mr. IOAN BUDA and consisting of officers specialized in preventing and countering the illegal migration.

The conference addressed to representatives of the highest level within Gendarmerie and Police of each state with responsibilities in the field of countering illegal migration, within Europe and Africa, and to representatives of European and international organizations.

The main objective of the conference was to improve the cooperation and dialog between law enforcement structures with responsibilities in the field of countering illegal migration.

During the conference, topics as current situation, tendencies and perspectives of illegal migration within the Eastern and Western Mediterranean area, Atlantic area and Sub-Saharan African area were approached.

Based on African instability, the impact of the migration on Europe was analyzed and projects and proposals in the field of E.U. cooperation with this state regarding the illegal migration were launched.

Also, the Spanish support towards Africa was analyzed from the global point of view, and under the coordination of EUROPOL, information exchange in regards to illegal migration and the fight against organized crime networks were approached.

Operational cooperation of FRONTEX Agency, European agency for the operational cooperation management at the E.U. external borders in the field of illegal migration was introduced.

Participating in this activity, was a real opportunity for strengthening the relations with the authorities of the states involved in the fight against illegal migration, in order to exchange information and data in a effective way.