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Frontex leads international operation against organised crime at EU’s land borders

Frontex leads international operation against organised crime at EU’s land borders

2017-07-20

Last month, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led an international operation focused on fighting cross-border crime and disrupting people smuggling networks in the Western Balkans and at selected border crossing points at EU’s Eastern land border.

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5 vessels deployed by Frontex engaged in rescue operations in Central Mediterranean

5 vessels deployed by Frontex engaged in rescue operations in Central Mediterranean

2017-06-28

Five vessels taking part in Frontex operation Triton helped save 2 700 people in the Central Mediterranean since Sunday. These vessels included Swedish KBV 002, Spanish Rio Segura and Maltese P62, as well as two Italian vessels co-financed by Frontex.

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Better knowledge is better management

Better knowledge is better management

2017-06-26

In early June, the first group of graduates received a European joint master’s degree in Strategic Border Management, co-awarded by five higher education institutions: the Rezekne Academy of Technologies from Latvia, Mykolas Romeris University from Lithuania, the Netherlands Defence Academy Faculty of Military Science, the National University for Distance-Learning Education from Spain and the University of Salamanca, in collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences.

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Frontex Director Leggeri visits Spain to discuss operational coordination

Frontex Director Leggeri visits Spain to discuss operational coordination

2017-06-26

Last week, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri visited the Spanish National Coordination Centre in Madrid, where he discussed cooperation with the Spanish authorities in combatting cross-border crime and dealing with migratory pressure at Spain’s external borders.

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Arrival of migrants in May: Numbers in Italy and Greece higher than month ago

Arrival of migrants in May: Numbers in Italy and Greece higher than month ago

2017-06-23

There were around 27 000 detections of illegal border crossings on the four main migratory routes into the EU in May. The total number of detections in the first five months of 2017 fell 75% from the same period of last year to 84 000, although the number of migrants arriving in Italy remained above the figures from a year ago.

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Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017

Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017

2017-06-21

On 28 - 29 September 2017, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will hold the Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017 in Warsaw, Poland.

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