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The executive vice president of the European Border Agency Frontex gave the inaugural lecture

The Catholic University of Murcia, through its Degree in Criminology, inaugurated this afternoon the First International Congress of Criminology 'Transnational Organised Crime and Fundamental Rights', and will continue during the day tomorrow, Friday.

The executive vice president of the European Border Agency Frontex, Gil Arias Fernández, gave the keynote address in which he lectured on the agency he represents as a European institution for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders, and the which has focused on the problem of illegal immigration.

Gil Arias said that "the internationalization of crime is the scourge of the century", and stressed the need to respect the fundamental rights of the individual.

With regard to illegal immigration, has ensured that more measures taken by the member states of the European institutions, "the problem of loss of life is something that is very difficult to solve. Until solutions are found stable in the countries from which immigrants, no solutions possible adoption at EU level ".

On the point where now there is a greater intensity of irregular immigration has indicated the central Mediterranean, "with a lot of difference on any other area of ​​the Mediterranean", has clarified, and added that "the quintessential southern border is more problematic for the EU and within the southern border, are the Italian borders who suffer greater pressure, and where unfortunately more tragedies occur. "

In the opening ceremony also involved the government delegate in the Region of Murcia, Joaquín García Bascuñana;

the rector of the UCAM, Josefina Garcia Lozano;

and the Dean of the Degree in Criminology, José María Caballero, who has been reported that we are "faced with the dilemma eternal freedom-security".

The Government delegate, Joaquin Bascuñana noted that changed the strategic forms of action to current issues such as terrorism, drug trafficking or trafficking in human beings;

and made reference to the new Public Safety Act.

He also stressed the need for international cooperation to cope with these problems

For its part, the rector of the UCAM, Josefina Garcia Lozano recalled that the Murcia institution was one of the first universities to offer the Degree in Criminology, "who come to meet the need for training in this area."

Tomorrow Friday

The Congress will continue tomorrow, at 09: 00h.

with the presentation of the OSCE Project manager, Seppo Turkia, who will speak on the role of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Also during this time of INTERPOL, EUROPOL, or collaboration among agencies, OSCE, UNHCR, EUROPOL, CNP and Civil Guard will be discussed.

Source: UCAM