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2012-07-13
Global ABC Conference and Exhibition

Frontex and the European Commission hold the 1st Global Conference and Exhibition on future developments of Automated Border Control (ABC) - “Border Crossing as easy as ABC”. more
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2012-07-12
Eastern Borders Overview 2012 published

The overall situation at the borders between Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the neighbouring Member States (Poland, Slovakia, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Romania, Latvia, Hungary and Estonia) did not change significantly in 2011 compared to 2010. more
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2012-07-05
Workshop on Innovation in Border Control, Odense (DK), 22-23 August

Frontex would like to invite interested researchers and practitioners to attend the Workshop on Innovation in Border Control to be held in Odense (DK) on 22-23 August. more
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2012-06-27
Land Border Surveillance Demonstration and Workshop 2012 - Invitation

One of the key objectives of Frontex is to keep Member States informed about new technological developments in the field of border control. In this regard, Frontex seeks to put more emphasis on organising, with the help of Member States, practical demonstrations of new technologies. more
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2012-05-29
Third European Day for Border Guards

Frontex held its third annual European Day for Border Guards (ED4BG) on May 24. This year’s edition of ED4BG hosted record numbers of participants and speakers as well as exhibitors from private industry and the border authorities of the Member States and International Organisations. The event’s main discussion this year was entitled “Gates or Bridges? The future of border control” during which expert views on the most important issues of the times were shared by representatives of IOM, Europol, Frontex and researchers. more
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2012-05-29
Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights: Public Call for Applications for Civil Society Organisations

Pursuant to Article 26a (2) of the amended Frontex Regulation, Frontex shall establish a Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights (CF), a knowledge and expertise resource body to enable the Agency to gain information and advice relevant to the aim of developing and promoting the full respect of Fundamental Rights in all the Agency’s activities. more
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2012-05-28
Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record - invitation for industry

Invitation to industry to present commercial solutions in the area of Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record at the 3rd Meeting of the Working Group on Advance Information Challenges in Brussels, 28 June 2012. more
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2012-05-28
Frontex signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Turkey

Representatives of Frontex and the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed today a memorandum of understanding in the agency’s Headquarters in Warsaw. Frontex Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen and Director General for Consular Affairs of Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs H.E. Ambassador Şakir Fakılı signed the document, which promotes establishment of practical cooperation between Frontex and Turkish authorities competent in border management. Frontex and the Turkish authorities agree to cooperation in the fields of risk analysis, training as well as research and development. Moreover, Frontex and the competent Turkish authorities concur to exchange experiences and best practices in border control and foresee the possibility of deployment of Turkish officers to selected border crossing points at the external EU borders under the Focal Points project. The intended cooperation will be implemented via contact points established in the respective units for each of the areas of cooperation referred to above. more
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2012-05-23
Frontex responds to the European Ombudsman

Frontex has sent its response to the European Ombudsman’s enquiry related to the integration of respect of fundamental rights into the performance of its tasks. The Frontex Executive Director, Ilkka Laitinen, noted that Frontex, from the very beginning of its work, took the respect of fundamental rights as a sine qua non in the performance of all its tasks, and particularly its joint operations and that, as its operations have become more complex and challenging in recent years, Frontex quickly recognised the need for clear Fundamental Rights and other guidelines for all those taking part in the activities it organises. more
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2012-05-18
Frontex to launch an operation during Eurocup 2012

During Eurocup 2012 Frontex will coordinate a joint operation in support of Polish and Ukrainian border guards. From the beginning of June over 100 officers from 23 EU Member States will be deployed on the Polish-Ukrainian border to assist with border checks and border surveillance. At the same time border guards from several Member States and third countries will be working in key airports in Poland and the Ukraine. more
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2012-05-15
Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis 2012

The third Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis Report (WB ARA 2012) published by Frontex assesses the situation at the common borders between Western Balkan countries and neighbouring EU Member States. more
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2012-04-27
Frontex Consultative Forum and Fundamental Rights Officer

The amended Frontex Regulation in Article 26a mandates that Frontex shall establish a Consultative Forum (CF) and designate a Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO). In February 2012, Frontex Management Board (MB) established a Drafting Advisory Committee (DAC) composed of representatives of the Management Board (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the European Commission), joined at a later stage – for the discussion on the Consultative Forum only – by representatives of the partner organisations mentioned in Article 26a of the Regulation (FRA, EASO and UNHCR). The DAC shall advise and guide the Agency in the preparations of the relevant Frontex Management Board Decisions in view of implementing the abovementioned Article. more
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2012-04-23
Frontex signs working arrangement with UNODC

Warsaw — Representatives of Frontex and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed a working arrangement on 17 April 2012. more
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2012-04-13
Document Challenge: Industry invitation

On June 28, 2012, the Research and Development Unit of Frontex will hold a workshop on 1st line travel document fraud detection, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. more
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2012-04-04
7th ABC Workshop - Invitation

Invitation to system integrators to participate in the 7th Workshop on Automated Border Controls (ABC) at Lisbon Airport, Portugal, on 15-16 May 2012. more
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2012-03-02
RPAS Border Surveillance Workshop 2012 - Invitation

Surveillance of maritime and land frontiers has to ensure effective detection of irregular immigration activities and provide the capabilities to react to such events. The technical response involves a wide spectrum of facilities: e. g. fixed surveillance more
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2012-02-23
Frontex signs Working Arrangement with Armenia

Warsaw, 22 February, 2012 — Representatives of Frontex and the competent authorities of Armenia signed a Working Arrangement on Wednesday. Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen represented the Agency while Arthur Baghdasaryan, Secretary of the National more
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2012-02-21
JO Hermes – Situational Update

Warsaw, February 21, 2012 — Since the beginning of 2012, some 130 migrants have been detected in the operational area of JO Hermes, south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. The migrants, Tunisian and Somali nationals, used small and medium-sized rubber boats to reach Italy. This is a dramatic decrease in detections in comparison with the same period last year when over 5000 Tunisians had arrived on Lampedusa by mid-February. In 2011 this increased migratory flow triggered the launch of the Hermes operation, which began on 20 February 2011 and will continue until the end of 2012. more
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2012-02-17
Call for papers “Innovation in Border Control”

Frontex Research and Development Unit is co-organizing, together with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS) of the University of Arizona, a workshop on “Innovation more
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2012-02-02
Greek-Turkish land border JO Poseidon Land: Situational update, January 2012

Warsaw 2 February 2012 – In January, over 2 800 migrants were detected at the Greek-Turkish land border in the Evros region. This is a significant decrease in comparison with the summer months, when detections stood at over 6 000 migrants. In the past couple of years crossings at this border seem to reflect a seasonal pattern with a decreasing trend beginning in November and continuing throughout the winter. more
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