RSO Border Forum

The RSO Border Forum gathers senior government, frontline and liaison officials working in border and immigration management, law enforcement, maritime and civil aviation operations, and policy development to strengthen international cooperation on refugee protection and international migration—as relating to countering people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime.

Building networks and sharing knowledge and best practice

Transnational crimes, including immigration-related offenses, people smuggling by air, maritime people smuggling and trafficking into online scam centres cannot be addressed in isolation. The Border Forum serves as a crucial event in the RSO's calendar to support networking and relationship building across the Bali Process membership at an operational level, and support sharing of knowledge and best practice.

Objectives

The objectives of the RSO Border Forum are to:

Assist Bali Process Member States to strengthen border management and border security, through relevant and fit-for-purpose practical and technical information that can contribute to fostering actionable border management and border security enhancements.
Facilitate opportunities for delegates to share current and evolving threats, trends and international migration routes.
Foster opportunities for Bali Process Member States and other actors to share promising practices as it relates to prevention, protection and prosecution efforts.

Coming soon: Third RSO Border Forum!

The Third RSO Border Forum will take place on the 28-29 January 2025, bringing together delegates to share insights and trends from a frontline perspective on priorities and challenges encountered in countering people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime at pre-border, at-border, and post-border stages.

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Second RSO Border Forum

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Second RSO Border Forum promotes cross-border efforts through enhanced information sharing

Responding to large-scale irregular migration and countering migration-related offenses—including people smuggling, and trafficking in persons—requires collaborative efforts and effective cross-border partnerships and information sharing.

15 December 2023

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