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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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First quarterly analysis of Eastern borders published

First quarterly analysis of Eastern borders published

2015-07-27

Out of more than 60 000 irregular migrants detected at the external borders of the European Union only 211 were detected along the Eastern external border of the European Union in the first three months of the year. Although few migrants were detected, the border (which is 6 000 km long and runs continuously from Norway to Romania), remains the main entry point for smuggled excise goods, in particular cigarettes.

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First quarterly analysis of Western Balkans published

First quarterly analysis of Western Balkans published

2015-07-23

In the first quarter of 2015 over 44 000 irregular migrants were detected crossing borders between Western Balkans countries (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, FYR Macedonia and Kosovo) and between Western Balkan countries and their EU neighbours.

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