LIMITED                                                                                                    Joint Operation Coordination Points 2014 FRONTEX EVALUATION REPORT 2014 Lithuanian nationals who were refused entry for presenting expired powers of attorney which entitled them to drive the cars they were travelling in. During the reporting period, 52 incidents, involving the detection of 136 persons, were reported from the . Nearly half of these persons (73) were reported for overstaying and their main nationalities were Russian (27) and Moldovan (25). Refusal of entry incidents (52) ranked second in terms of the number of persons detected during the reporting period and they can be largely attributed to Russian (26) and Moldovan (18) nationals. The main reasons for refusal of entry were 'G - insufficient means of subsistence' (20) , 'F - stayed for three months during a six-month period' (13) and 'A - no valid travel document' (10). Roughly all illegal border-crossing incidents detected within the operational area of                                              were linked to Moldovan nationals (6) and only one incident to Russian nationals (1 ). Additionally, one smuggling of goods incident was reported during the period under analysis from - and involved the arrest of 1 Ukrainian smuggler and the seizure of 6.86 grams of marijuana. The data reported in FRAN indicates that the number of illegal border -crossings recorded during the first 11 months of 2014 (775) decreased by nearly 35% compared to the corresponding period of 2013 (1 184) and that this trend was primarily associated to the decreasing number of apprehensions involving nationals from Moldova and Ukraine. Despite this decreasing trend, Moldovan and Ukrainian nationals were the top two nationalities reported for illegal border-crossings, from January to November 2014, at this border section. Roughly 65% of migrant apprehensions recorded during the first 11 months of 2014 were reported by the Ukrainian authorities, while the other 35% of migrant apprehensions were reported by the Moldovan authorities'. Nearly 68% of these detections involved illegal border-crossing attempts between BCPs, while the other 32% of detections involved illegal border-crossing attempts at BCPs. During the first 11 mont hs of 2014, 38 persons were reported in FRAN fo r the fraudulent use of travel documents at the Moldovan-Ukrainian border and most of these cases involved Moldovan nationals using primarily falsified Moldovan passports (e.g. fa lsified biometric page, page substitution, etc. ). 4. 2.2.    Information gathering and exchange The Frontex Situation Centre (FSC ) was responsible to manage close t o real time the dat a processing by collecting, validating and compiling operational information. A const antly updated situational pictu re was provided th rough Daily Situational Reports (DSR) and the visualization in the JORA Dashboa rd and EUROSUR applica tion. The JORA syst em was used to exchange operational information wi th all the participants of the Joint Operation by collecting data via a st andardized Incident Report template. Furthermore FSC was responsible for providing a prompt response to seri ous incidents, based on in fo rmation received through JORA, operat ional reports and open source information. Following the Operational Plan, the reportin g structure was carri ed out without problems. During all implementation phases, FSC was reinforced with support offi cers deployed by parti cipating Member St at es t o Frontex HQ. The FSC was available during workin g days as well as on weekends. The reportin g performan ce in regards to t imeliness arrival of incidents t o the Frontex Situat ion Centre, the following picture came apparent (see point 4.4. Reporting Performance ). (Number of incidents reported in /out due time - according t o the Operat ional Plan). During the operational phase 304 incidents were reported t o FSC. In accord ance with t he Operational Plan, the operat ion was properly creat ed in the JORA, and within the deadline. The reporting structure was respondent to the operational needs, and the incident template for the data collection was created on time. During the operation, the Service and Product Management provided remote support to users , in accordance with the requests received, and managed accordingly the users' feedback. From a technical perspective, the results of the implementation are considered satisfactory. 7 FRA N data (EB-RA N) : Illegal border-crossings between BCPs (/B C- 1A) and ill egal border-crossings at BCP (IBC- 1B) repor ted by the Moldovan and the Ukrainian authorities at the Moldovan-Ukrainian border. 11 / 21

LIMITED                                                                                Joint Operation Coordination Points 2014 FRONTEX EVALUATION REPORT 2014 The FOSS (Frontex-One-~top]-Shopl'l) portal was used in order to share operational-related information with                      Commented [A9]: The blanked out parts contain details related to certain instruments used by law enforcement all Joint Operation participants. In addition, e-mail service was used for daily reporting. FOSS was used officials for information-sharing purposes. Their disclosure according to the standards defined in the Operational Plan. Since FOSS is the main platform and central                          would jeopardize their work and harm the course of future reference point for operational related information, it is recommended that awareness raising activities                         and ongoing operations, and thus facilitate irregular migration. Therefore, public security will be affected. In would be undertaken to further promote its use and functionalities , particularly among national authorities                     light of the above , the text is not disclosed pursuant to the and at the deployment locations.                                                                                                 exception laid down in the first indent of Article 4(1 )(a) of Regulation No 1049/ 2001 relating to the protection of the public interest as regards public security. 4 . 3. Development 4.3 . 1. Operational cooperation As a main outcome, operational cooperation during the operational activity was successful and based on mutual understanding. All counterparts were cooperative and supportive which facilitated smooth implementation throughout the activation period in all operational areas. In case of need , participating MSs were keen to support and assist in order to find a proper and most suitable solutions . Cooperation between host TCs and home MSs Operational needs of host TCs were easily defined and communicated during the planning meeting with Frontex and later on Home MSs fulfilled Annual Bilateral Talks requests without remarkable challenges. An additional requests for contribution was made and home MSs fulfilled them according to the operational needs which shows that cooperation between host TCs and contributing home MS worked properly. Information exchange and cooperation during the implementation phase followed the definitions indicated in the Operational Plan. National authorities of the hosting TCs put additional efforts in order to coordinate work and facilitat e support of deployed resources accordingly. No challenges or remarks related to cooperation on the spot bet ween host TC, intern al counterparts and EU experts were report ed. Cooperation with other Union agencies and bodies or international organizations Based on the best practices from the previous years (Project Coordin ation points 2012 and 2013) , the Coordin ation Points of Moldova and Ukraine were acti vated in close cooperation with the Eu ropean Bord er Assist ance Mission t o Moldova and Ukraine (hereinafter : EUBAM). EUBAM supported Frontex acti vities by providing info rmation rega rdin g the situation at the entire bord er section focusing on illegal migrati on in common underst anding with Moldovan and Ukrainian partner and act ed as a backup and liaised with the EU expert s deployed. Furtherm ore, Joint Border Control Operation " Olvia", initiat ed by EUBAM , was implemented at the common bord er section of Moldova and Ukraine. It consist ed of four operational phases between 2 June and 19 September 2014 and each phase covered different t argets based on the ri sk analysis and priority assessments by the partner servi ces as well as parti cipating agencies. The EU experts deployed within the JO Coordination point 2014 supported the JBCO by exchange of information. Additionally, operational manager of the joint operation parti cipat ed for phase A (Irregular migration, THB and Illegal border crossings ) of the operation as a representative of Frontex in Operational Coordin ation Unit (OCU). Following the practice est ablished within the framework of the Project Coordin ation Points in Moldova and Ukraine implemented in 2012 and 2013 , EUBAM was supporting the core idea of the Project in all st ages from the operational and logistical point of view. ,,, 12/2 1

LIMITED                                                                                                          Joint Operation Coordination Points 2014 FRONTEX EVALUATION REPORT 2014 Frontex coordination role Frontex coordinated this operational activity according to the Operational Plan which was prepared transparently and in close cooperation wi th all counterparts. Cooperation and information exchange in this regard was in satisfactory level and should follow the same practise in planning of 2015 activities. 4.3.2.      Operational briefing/ debriefing Assessment of Operational briefing and debriefing delivered by FX and Host MS Operational briefings and debriefings were carried out in accordance with Operational plan and Handbook. Local authorities and Frontex representati ves at the area provided a comprehensi ve and well-structured briefing and debriefing meetings . All important and relevant information on national and Frontex level were presented. 5.     Main conclusions and recommendations Conclusions                                                        Recommendations Albanian-Montenegrin border:                                          Frontex should continue the cooperation with the Albanian authorities within the framework of the The number of illegal border-crossings detected JO Coordination Points 2015. within the operational area of the JO Coordination Points 2014 at the Albanian-Montenegrin border                        Frontex       and     the Albanian authoriti es             should was very low.                                                         explore the possibility of widening operational support       by    implementing border               surveillance The data reported in FRAN for the first 11 months relat ed act ivities within the framework of the joint of 20148 indica tes that : operation. The number of illegal border -crossings det ect ed at       t he Albanian-Montenegrin border during the first 11 months of 2014, increased by app roximately 51%compared t o the corresponding peri od of 201 3. Nearly all apprehended migrants were detected bet ween BCPs and very few were detected at BCPs. Roughly 12% of the apprehended migrants were migrants from the West ern Balkan region,      while     the     other    88% were travelling as secondary movements. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian-                            Frontex and the authorities of the former Yugoslav Serbian border:                                                       Republic        of    Macedonia          should     explore      the possibility of widening operational support by 8 FRAN data (WB-RAN): Ill egal border-crossings between BCPs (/ BC- 1A) and ill egal border-crossings at BCP (I BC-18) reported by the Albanian and Montenegrin authorities at t he Albanian-Montenegrin border. 13/21

LIMITED                                                                                Joint Operation Coordination Points 2014 FRONTEX EVALUATION REPORT 2014 WB-RAN data indicates that during the fi rst 11        i mplementi ng border surveillance related activities months of 2014, the former Yugoslav Republic of        i nto t he framework of the joint :operation1•                         Commented [AlO]: The blanked out parts contain detailed information regarding the modus operandi of law Macedonian-Serbian border reported the highest enforcement officials. Its disclosure would jeopardize the number of illegal-border crossings. Furthermore,                                                                              work of law enforcement officials and harm the course of future and ongoing operations , and thus facilitate irregular most of t hese illegal border-crossings involved                                                                              migration. Therefore, public security will be affected. In light of the above, the text is not disclosed pursuant to the migrants travelling from Greece or Bulgaria as part                                                                           exception laid down in the first indent of Article 4(1 )(a) of of secondary movements. Bearing this in mind and                                                                              Regulation No 1049/2001 relating to the protection of the public interest as regards public security. also taking account of t he precipitous i ncrease in the number of irregular migrants travelling on the eastern Medi terranean route recorded during 2014, compared to 2013, we can expect that t he former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian-Serbian border will remai n an important transit point used by migrants associated with secondary movements to travel across the Western Balkan region to the EU. Moldovan-Ukrainian and         Ukrainian   -Moldovan   Cooperation between t he authorities of Moldova borders:                                               and Ukraine with the support of Frontextex should continue in 2015 within the framework of the The number of migrant apprehensions recorded at operation . the Moldovan-Ukrainian border was low during 2014 and was primarily related to migrants from the region (i. e. Moldovans and Russians). Inst ability in east ern   Ukraine had a det errent effect , by discouraging non-regional migrants from using Ukraine as a transit country to reach EU /SAC area. JO Coordination Points (all border sections): The data collected within the JO Coordination Points 2014 was mainly quantitative dat a reported in JORA (st atistical dat a). The lack of intelligence offi cers within the operational areas of the JO Coordin ation Points 2014 limited the possibility of collecting qualitative !dat 1.                                                                                                Commented [All]: The blanked out parts contain detailed information rega rding the modus operandi of law enforcement officials. Its di sclosure would jeopardize the work of law enforcement offici als and harm the course of future and ongoing operati ons, and thus facilitate irregular migrati on. The refore, public security will be affected. In light of the above, the tex t is not disclosed pursuant to the exception laid down in the first indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulati on No 1049/2001 relating t o the protecti on of the public interest as regards public security. 14121

LIMITED                                                                                  Joint Operation Coordination Points 2014 FRONTEX EVA LUATION REPORT 2014 FACT SHEETS - STATISTICS 1. Time schedule Preparatory meeting with the HMS                   n/ a Planning meeting with participating MSs            11-13 February 2014 Operational briefing/ debriefing meetings for      08 April 2014 ; 06 May 2014; 03 June 2014; 01 July 2014; the participants (FYROM)                           29 July 2014; 26 August 2014; 23 September 2014; 21 October 2014;18 November 2014; 16 December 2014 Operational briefing/ debriefing meetings for      01 July 2014; 03 July 2014; 29 July 2014; 31 July 2014 the participants (Moldova) Operational briefing/ debriefing meetings for      03 July 2014; 31 July 2014 the participants (Ukraine) Operational briefing/ debriefing meetings for      08 July 2014; 05 August 2014; 02 September 2014 the participants (Albania) Implementation of the joint operation              08 April - 16 December 2014 Evaluation meeting                                 18-19 November 2014 2.      Participation MS                      Human resources                              Deployment dates 08.04-03. 05.2014; 03. 06-01 .07.2014; 01 - 29. 07.2014; 29. 07-23. 09.2014; 23.09- Austri a              7 advanced level document officers 21.10.2014; 21. 10-18. 11 .2014; 18. 11 - 16. 12.201 4 03.06-01.07.2014; 01 .07-29. 07.2014; Croati a              3 advanced level document officers 21.10-18. 11 .2014 1 advanced level document officer Estonia                                                         03.07-3 1.07.2014 1 stolen vehicles det ection offi cer Finland               1 advanced level document officer         26.08-23. 09.2014 03.07-3 1.07 .2014; 08. 07-05.08.2014; France                4 advanced level document offi cers 05.08-02. 09.2014; 23. 09-2 1.10.2014 08. 04-06.05.2014; 06. 05-03. 06.2014; Hungary               4 advanced level document officers 03.06-01.07.2014; 18.11-16.12.2014 The Netherlands       2 advanced level document officers        03.07-31.07.2014; 05.08-02.09.2014 Latvia                2 advanced level document officers        03.07-31.07.2014 1 advanced level document officer Poland                                                          01.07-29.07.2014; 03.07-31.07.2014 1 stolen vehicles detection officer 15/ 21

LIMITED                                                                          Joint Operation Coordination Points 20 14 FRONTEX EVALUATION REPORT 2014 08.04-03.06.2014; 01.07-31.07.2014; Romania              4 advanced level document officers 08.07-05.08.2014; 29.07-21.10.2014 1 advanced level document officer Slovenia                                                  08.07-05.08.2014; 29.07-26.08.2014 1 stolen vehicles detection officer Switzerland          1 advanced level document officer    05.08-02.09.2014 3.      Financial information Final budget: EURO 230,000 .00 Total commitment: EURO 242 , 599.15 with 31 numbers of SFD issued Payment consumed: EURO 165,247.00 consumption 91.88 % (consumed budget"100/ committed funds (EURO 179,856.93) with 28 final payment issued until 12.01.2015) 4. Statistics Commented [A12]: The blanked out parts contain detailed information regarding the operational area. Its disclosure would expose law enforcement officials ' patrolling the area and harm the course of future and ongoing operations , and thus facilitate irregular migration. Therefore , public security will be affected. In light of the above, the text is not disclosed pursuant to the e xception laid down in the first indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation No 1049 / 2001 relating to the protection of the public interest as regards public security. 16/21

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