During the discussion, Dr. Frank Umbach summed up the current migration policy situation on Poland's borders with Russia and Belarus. He pointed out that Moscow and Minsk are deliberately smuggling migrants into Poland in order to weaken the EU as a whole. This strategy, which began around ten years ago with the European refugee crisis in 2015/2016 and has intensified significantly since the outbreak of the Ukraine War, could be described as a form of hybrid warfare, according to the security expert. At the end of the discussion, Dr. Umbach summarized that the EU member states can only reduce the migratory pressure on the Union's external borders by working together, while national initiatives do not always prove to be effective.
Dr. Frank Umbach speaks to "phoenix" about the migration challenge at the EU's external borders Dr. Frank Umbach speaks to "phoenix" about the migration challenge at the EU's external borders
Security expert Dr. Frank Umbach spoke to "phoenix" on July 21st about migration as a tool of hybrid warfare and its impact on the security of the EU's external borders.
Dr. Frank Umbach during the discussion with "phoenix" on July 21st, 2025.
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Dr. Frank Umbach is a member of CASSIS and Head of Research of the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS)