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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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Frontex boosts efforts to help combat cross-border crime

Frontex boosts efforts to help combat cross-border crime

2016-02-16

Frontex will expand its efforts in combatting cross-border crime this year by organising two dedicated international actions focusing on facilitated irregular immigration and trafficking in human beings.

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Frontex Executive Director to meet NATO Secretary General and EU Commissioner Avramopoulos

Frontex Executive Director to meet NATO Secretary General and EU Commissioner Avramopoulos

2016-02-12

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Monday in Brussels to discuss the coordination of their activities related to the refugee and migrant crisis.

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Share of Syrians arriving on Greek islands has fallen in recent months

Share of Syrians arriving on Greek islands has fallen in recent months

2016-01-28

The percentage of declared Syrians among all of the migrants landing on the Greek islands has fallen considerably in the last several months.

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Rapid border intervention teams In Greece

Rapid border intervention teams In Greece

2016-01-28

At the request of the Greek authorities for additional assistance at its external borders in the Aegean Frontex launched the deployment of some 400 officers and 15 vessels to the Greek islands on 29 December 2015. Poseidon Rapid Intervention replaced Joint Operation Poseidon Sea with a higher number of officers to assist the Greek authorities in border surveillance, identification and fingerprinting of arriving migrants. The deployment also includes forged document experts and interpreters.

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