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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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Record number of migrants enter Greece in July

Record number of migrants enter Greece in July

2015-08-07

A record number of 49 550 migrants have arrived in the European Union through the Greek borders in July, surpassing in a single month the number of migrants detected in the region in the entire 2014.

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Frontex-deployed vessel brings 785 migrants to Palermo

Frontex-deployed vessel brings 785 migrants to Palermo

2015-07-28

A Frontex-deployed Norwegian vessel brought 785 migrants to the port of Palermo, Italy, on Saturday morning after three Italian coast guard vessels rescued them from a wooden boat and a rubber dinghy off the Libyan coast on Thursday.

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