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Frontex requests more information on Symi incident

Frontex requests more information on Symi incident

2015-08-31

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has requested Greek authorities to provide the agency with a progress report and information about the incident, which resulted in the death of a 17-year-old migrant near the Greek island of Symi on Saturday.

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Body found following shooting incident aboard smuggling vessel in Greece

Body found following shooting incident aboard smuggling vessel in Greece

2015-08-30

The body of 17-year old Iraqi boy was found after a shooting incident aboard a yacht carrying around 70 migrants near the Greek island of Symi on Saturday. The incident took place after a Latvian patrol vessel deployed in operation Poseidon Sea detected the yacht on early Saturday afternoon in Symi Island’s Marathounta Bay.

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Frontex publishes VEGA Handbook: Children at airports

Frontex publishes VEGA Handbook: Children at airports

2015-08-28

How can border guards and other people working at airports spot children who may be victims of trafficking? How does one talk to them? These are just a few questions answered in VEGA Handbook: Children at airports, which was published this week by Frontex.

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Frontex helps save 3 400 migrants off Libyan coast last week

Frontex helps save 3 400 migrants off Libyan coast last week

2015-08-25

Vessels and aircraft participating in the Frontex-coordinated operation Triton helped save nearly 3 400 of the 5 300 migrants rescued last week off the Libyan coast. Most of the people were rescued in 27 operations over the weekend (Friday-Sunday), one of the busiest three-day periods since the operation was launched in November 2014.

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Frontex Executive Director visiting Polish – Russian border

Frontex Executive Director visiting Polish – Russian border

2015-08-21

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri finished a two-day working visit to the Polish-Russian border, his first visit to the eastern land border of the EU since he took office in January.

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Number of migrants in one month above 100 000 for first time

Number of migrants in one month above 100 000 for first time

2015-08-18

In the month of July, the number of migrants detected at EU’s borders more than tripled to 107 500 compared to the same month of last year, surpassing the 100 000 mark in a single month for the first time since Frontex began keeping records in 2008.

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