8. IRREGULAR MIGRATION AND SMUGGLING OF PEOPLE These issues have been defined as priorities because they may have an extremely high impact on the national security.7 The number of irregular migrants has increased dramatically since 2015 and a large number of migrants, whose identity cannot be established, transit and/or stay in the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The fact that they come from the countries where the activities of radical, religious and terrorist groups are pronounced adds to the security risk. The migration wave from Africa and Asia in 2015 and 2016 has led to a high demand for the services of people smugglers. Criminal groups and individuals quickly adjusted to the „market“ and redirected their activities to smuggling people in order to earn as much profits as possible. According to Europol, more than 90% of migrants who came to Europe had used people smuggling services. The intensity of further migratory pressure will depend on the orientation of public policies of the EU member states, but also of some other states and international organisations. Bearing all this in mind, we will insist on continuous training of police officers along with the continuous improvement of material and technical equipment and the adoption of legal regulations to strengthen the police capacity for the efficient suppression of irregular migration and smuggling of people, while seeking to prevent and control the accompanying security risks and threats in cooperation with other social actors, citizens and community. Outcome indicators Baseline 2018 2019 2020 2021 Enhanced efficiency of border police in detecting and preventing irregular state border crossings Number of detected and prevented irregular state border crossings in accordance with the development of migratory situation * the baseline value cannot be determined as changes in the migratory situation are expected and therefore it is linked to the increase in the number of detected irregular state border crossings Increase in the number of detected irregular border crossings by 10% Increase in the number of detected irregular border crossings by 15% Increase in the number of detected irregular border crossings by 20% Increase in the number of detected irregular border crossings by 25% Strategic Police Plan 2018 – 2021 15