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Frontex hosts Customs Cooperation Working Party

Frontex hosts Customs Cooperation Working Party

2016-06-29

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri hosted the chair and incoming chairs of the European Council’s Customs Cooperation Working Party (CCWP) in Warsaw today and discussed future cooperation between the Agency and customs authorities.

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Frontex organises workshop for monitors of joint return operations

Frontex organises workshop for monitors of joint return operations

2016-06-29

Frontex and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) held a workshop in Warsaw this week to discuss ways to improve the monitoring mechanisms for return flights from the European Union to third countries and to effectively ensure respect for fundamental rights during forced returns.

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Frontex presents guide on access to the asylum procedure on World Refugee Day

Frontex presents guide on access to the asylum procedure on World Refugee Day

2016-06-20

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri joined the rest of the agency’s staff today to commemorate World Refugee Day. He presented the main points of a practical guide developed for European border guards who first come into contact with people in need of international protection.

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Central Med remained under migratory pressure in May

Central Med remained under migratory pressure in May

2016-06-15

The number of migrants arriving in Italy in the first five months of this year was roughly in line with the same period of 2015. However, in the month of May the total more than doubled from the previous month due to the increasing number of migrants from West Africa and the Horn of Africa.

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Frontex publishes Western Balkans Risk Analysis 2016

Frontex publishes Western Balkans Risk Analysis 2016

2016-06-10

The numbers of migrants transiting the Balkans who came outside the region reached unprecedented and extraordinary levels during 2015, with more than 2 million illegal border crossings reported.

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13 800 migrants rescued in Central Med last week

13 800 migrants rescued in Central Med last week

2016-05-30

Some 13 800 migrants were rescued in the Central Mediterranean last week in nearly 90 search and rescue operations. All vessels and aircraft deployed by Frontex in the area took part in the operations, saving almost 5 000 lives.

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