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Frontex seeks 1 500 police officers, 50 readmission officers for Greece

Frontex seeks 1 500 police officers, 50 readmission officers for Greece

2016-03-21

Frontex has asked EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries to provide 1 500 police officers and 50 return and readmission experts to support Greece in returning migrants to Turkey. Several Member States have already committed to providing additional officers.

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FRAN Quarterly – Number of illegal border-crossings at record high in Q4

FRAN Quarterly – Number of illegal border-crossings at record high in Q4

2016-03-10

The number of detections of illegal border-crossings between border crossing points (BCPs) in the fourth quarter of 2015 reached 978 300, its highest level since data exchange under the Frontex Risk Analysis Network (FRAN) began in 2007.

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EU-Funded migration management project launched in Belgrade

EU-Funded migration management project launched in Belgrade

2016-03-09

Frontex Deputy Executive Director Berndt Körner and Nicola Bertolini of the European Commission, together with representatives of EASO, IOM and UNHCR launched an EU-funded programme for pre-accession assistance in the field of migration management during an official kick-off conference in Belgrade.

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Frontex and NATO to cooperate in the Aegean Sea

Frontex and NATO to cooperate in the Aegean Sea

2016-03-06

Frontex and NATO have reached a common understanding on the form of their cooperation in the Aegean Sea.

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Number of migrants arriving in Greece down 40% in January

Number of migrants arriving in Greece down 40% in January

2016-02-22

The number of migrants arriving in Greece in January fell to 68 000, down nearly 40% in comparison with December 2015, due in large part to poor weather conditions around the Aegean islands.

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Profiting from misery – how smugglers bring people to Europe

Profiting from misery – how smugglers bring people to Europe

2016-02-18

With more than a million migrants arriving on the Greek and Italian shores last year, it is estimated that people smuggling networks made more than 4 billion Euros from their criminal activities. Most of the profits from smuggling migrants are used by criminal organisations to fund other illicit undertakings, such as the sale of illegal drugs and weapons.

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