Protecting State Border: Risk and Prevention. Economic Dimension
This paper aims at discussing to what extent an effective protection of a state border (in this case: the external EU border that partly coincides with the border of the Republic of Lithuania, which amounts to 1070 km. (the whole perimeter of a border amounts to 1763 km)) depends on successful p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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NGO “Economic Laboratory for Transition Research” (ELIT)
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Montenegrin Journal of Economics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mnje.com/sites/mnje.com/files/043-051_-_zuzeviciute_-_z2.pdf |
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| Summary: | This paper aims at discussing to what extent an effective protection
of a state border (in this case: the external EU border that partly
coincides with the border of the Republic of Lithuania, which
amounts to 1070 km. (the whole perimeter of a border amounts to
1763 km)) depends on successful prevention and dismantling of
activities of trafficking networks and on understanding the economic
mechanisms for the operation of those networks. The paper will
introduce the pilot study (completed in Spring, 2017) with an aim to
identify the concepts officers – state border guards have on diversity
and migration; first chapter is dedicated to the issue. Also, an
analysis of the Lithuanian situation is presented in the second chapter.
The fact that during the last several years (since 2012), the
number of irregular migrants decreased by almost 4 times is discussed
from two aspects. Firstly, measures of prevention and infrastructure.
Namely, the distance under the surveillance of CCTV
cameras increased twofold during the time, also, the cooperation
with colleagues in the field in other countries (Byelorussia) improved
significantly. Another factor was an improved cooperation of the law
enforcement agencies between the countries and within Lithuania.
The data shows that one of the major factors for decreasing the
illegal migration that is, prevention is a successful removal of economic
factor from the process (or at least, it serves as a strong
deterrence). That is, it was identified that the predominant number
of irregular migrants were doing that not as individuals, but in the
groups, led by traffickers, whose fee in recent years increased.
Therefore, effective legal measures against traffickers provide solid
basis for decreasing irregular migration. |
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| ISSN: | 1800-5845 1800-5845 |