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Member States provide 291 border guards to Frontex to be deployed in Greece, Italy

Member States provide 291 border guards to Frontex to be deployed in Greece, Italy

2015-10-20

Nineteen European countries will provide 291 border guards to Frontex to be immediately deployed to Greece and Italy. These officers will work in hotspots to help identify and register incoming irregular migrants.

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710 000 migrants entered EU in first nine months of 2015

710 000 migrants entered EU in first nine months of 2015

2015-10-13

The total number of migrants who crossed the EU’s external borders in the first nine months of this year rose to more than 710 000 with the Greek islands on the Aegean continuing to be the most affected by the unprecedented inflow of people. This compares with 282 000 recorded in all of last year.

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Frontex Eurosur Services help rescue 370 people off Libyan coast

Frontex Eurosur Services help rescue 370 people off Libyan coast

2015-10-09

More than 370 people were rescued off the Libyan coast this week after their vessels were detected on satellite images taken as part of Frontex’s Eurosur Fusion Services.

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Swedish vessel rammed by suspected smugglers

Swedish vessel rammed by suspected smugglers

2015-10-08

On Wednesday, 7 October, a Swedish coastal patrol boat deployed in operation Poseidon Sea was rammed by a yacht in Greek territorial waters near the island of Lesbos. The Swedish vessel did not sustain any major damages.

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Frontex publishes analysis of Eastern borders for Q2

Frontex publishes analysis of Eastern borders for Q2

2015-10-08

Ukrainians accounted for the biggest share of the 1 400 illegal border crossings on the Europe’s eastern borders in the second quarter of this year, but only 10 cases were related to irregular migration, according to Frontex’s Eastern European Borders Quarterly report.

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FRAN Quarterly – One in five migrants entering EU arrived on Lesbos in Q2

FRAN Quarterly – One in five migrants entering EU arrived on Lesbos in Q2

2015-10-07

Close to one out of every five migrants who entered the European Union in the second quarter arrived through the Greek island of Lesbos, according to FRAN Quarterly report prepared by Frontex.

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