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Frontex selects 9 civil society organisations for Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights

Frontex selects 9 civil society organisations for Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights

2015-09-10

The Frontex Management Board has decided today on the composition of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights for a new three-year term after the previous term came to an end. Following a public call launched on 29 June, nine civil society organisations were selected on the basis of the eligibility and selection criteria.

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Frontex offers additional help to Greece

Frontex offers additional help to Greece

2015-09-08

Frontex has offered Greece to increase the number of screening officers on the islands of Lesbos and Kos to help the country handle and register the unprecedented number of people arriving from Turkey.

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Frontex launches new Master's Programme

Frontex launches new Master's Programme

2015-09-07

Frontex hosted the opening ceremony for the Joint Master’s in Strategic Border Management programme, Europe’s only such specialised degree. It was developed by the agency, in collaboration with six partner universities and more than 20 EU border guard training organisations and academies.

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Analysis of W. Balkans: Number of Syrians quadrupled in Q2

Analysis of W. Balkans: Number of Syrians quadrupled in Q2

2015-09-04

The number of Syrians detected at the borders in the Western Balkans region nearly quadrupled to 20 000 in the second quarter compared to the previous three months. Syrians ranked just ahead of Afghans, whose number nearly tripled to 18 850.

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Greeks seize illegal guns on ship monitored by Frontex

Greeks seize illegal guns on ship monitored by Frontex

2015-09-03

The Greek Coast Guard seized some 5 000 guns and boxes with ammunition aboard a Libya-bound cargo ship that had been monitored by Frontex as part of the Eurosur Fusion Services.

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23 000 migrants arrived in Greece last week

23 000 migrants arrived in Greece last week

2015-09-01

More than 23 000 migrants arrived in Greece by sea last week, nearly 50 percent more than in the previous one, according to preliminary data collected by Frontex.

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