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Frontex and Greece agree on operational plan for Poseidon Rapid Intervention

Frontex and Greece agree on operational plan for Poseidon Rapid Intervention

2015-12-17

Frontex will launch Poseidon Rapid Intervention on 28 December, replacing the ongoing Joint Operation Poseidon Sea with a larger number of officers and technical equipment to support Greece in handling the unprecedented number of migrants arriving on its islands.

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Frontex to implement border surveillance services as part of Copernicus

Frontex to implement border surveillance services as part of Copernicus

2015-12-17

Frontex and the European Commission signed a delegation agreement today, providing funding to the agency to implement satellite services dedicated to border surveillance as part of the Copernicus programme.

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Number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped by half in November

Number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped by half in November

2015-12-15

The number of migrants arriving in Greece in November fell by more than half from the previous month to 108 000, recording its first month-on-month drop this year. However, this was still the highest number of arrivals in Greece in the month of November.

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Frontex accepts Greece’s request for Rapid Border Intervention Teams

Frontex accepts Greece’s request for Rapid Border Intervention Teams

2015-12-10

Frontex accepted today Greece’s request to deploy Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT) on the Greek islands in the Aegean to assist the country in dealing with the record number of migrants coming to its shores.

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Helping vulnerable children at EU borders

Helping vulnerable children at EU borders

2015-12-09

A 14-year-old boy arrived at the Frankfurt airport, one of Europe’s busiest, from an African country all by himself. He appeared afraid and withdrawn. His passport had fake pages and several forged stamps. He did not have any relatives in the country where he landed. Such incidents involving vulnerable children are some of the more difficult ones for border guards and airline and airport personnel working at European airports. How do you speak to a distraught child?

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Greece’s Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court visited Frontex

Greece’s Deputy Prosecutor of the Supreme Court visited Frontex

2015-12-07

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri met last week with Georgios Pantelis, Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court in Greece, at the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw.

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