The European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) is a permanent security initiative running in a four-year cycles and driven by EU member States to identify, prioritize, and address threats…
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine created a large wave of refugees fleeing the country. Four months after the start of the war, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported 5.1M…
At the initiative of the European Commission, Frontex personnel – only deployed at the borders between Western Balkan partners and the European Union’s external borders – will be deployed at…
Geopolitical events have a constant impact on the movement of people. The most recent example is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has resulted in the displacement and migration of…
A report published by the International Organization for Migration´s Missing Migrants Project in October 2022 “documented more than 3,400 deaths on migration routes to and within Europe in 2021, the…
According to Frontex, “in the first half of 2022, there were about 114,720 irregular entries to the European Union, according to preliminary calculations. This is about 84% more than in…
This article was written by Prof. Christos Kassimeris, International Relations, Centre for Risk and Decision Sciences (CERIDES). The war in Ukraine has caused almost 14 million people to flee their…
This article was written by Luciano d’Andrea, Senior researcher, Conoscenza e Innovazione (K&I). In the last decades, the concept of borders has changed quite rapidly and silently. This shift in…