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Greece and Italy continued to face unprecedented number of migrants in December

Greece and Italy continued to face unprecedented number of migrants in December

2016-01-22

Thousands of migrants continued to arrive in Greece and Italy in December despite difficult weather conditions, bringing the total number of detections in the two countries to 1.04 million in all of 2015. This is nearly five times the figure from the previous year.

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Frontex starts talks on a working arrangement with authorities in Kosovo*

Frontex starts talks on a working arrangement with authorities in Kosovo*

2016-01-21

Frontex Deputy Executive Director Berndt Körner met with Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni on Wednesday to launch negotiations on a working arrangement between the agency and Kosovar authorities.

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FRAN Quarterly – Three indicators at record highs in Q3

FRAN Quarterly – Three indicators at record highs in Q3

2016-01-20

Three FRAN indicators – detections of illegal border-crossing between border crossing points, detections of illegal stay and asylum applications – surged in the third quarter of 2015 to reach their highest levels ever recorded. This was in large part related to the unprecedented number of migrants arriving on the Greek islands in 2015.

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Frontex publishes analysis of borders in the Western Balkans for Q3

Frontex publishes analysis of borders in the Western Balkans for Q3

2016-01-19

More than 610 000 illegal border crossings by migrants from outside the region were reported at the Western Balkan common and regional borders in the third quarter of 2015.

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Frontex publishes analysis of EU’s eastern borders for Q3

Frontex publishes analysis of EU’s eastern borders for Q3

2016-01-15

In the third quarter of 2015, 1 866 cases of illegal border-crossings were recorded at the EU’s eastern borders, a third more than in the previous three-month period. Nationals from outside of the CIS and EaP region – mainly citizens of Afghanistan, Vietnam and Syria – accounted for 51% of the detections.

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European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and Frontex agree on closer cooperation

European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and Frontex agree on closer cooperation

2016-01-14

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and Frontex have signed a cooperation arrangement to improve the exchange of information between the two EU agencies.

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