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    First ship with multinational crew joins Frontex operation

    2017-04-20

    Finnish patrol vessel Merikarhu, the first ship taking part in a Frontex operation with a multinational crew, has embarked on its maiden operational mission off the Greek coast. The introduction of a vessel with crew members from various EU member states is a crucial part of Frontex’s strategy to increase the agency’s role in implementing European coast guard functions.

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    Arrival of migrants in March: Italy remains under pressure, Greece up from previous month

    2017-04-12

    There were almost 13 000 detections of illegal border crossings on the three main migratory routes into the EU in March. This is 10% more than in the previous month. However, the total number of detections on these routes for the first quarter of 2017 fell 70% from the same period of last year to 32 650.

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