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Commissioner Avramopoulos at ED4BG

Commissioner Avramopoulos at ED4BG

2015-05-22

Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Union’s Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner, was the guest of honour at the sixth annual European Day for Border Guards (ED4BG) organised in Warsaw by Frontex on Thursday, 21 May.

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Eastern European Borders Annual Risk Analysis 2015 published

Eastern European Borders Annual Risk Analysis 2015 published

2015-05-18

In 2014, only 0.5% of all illegal border-crossings reported by EU Member States at the external borders took place at the 6 000-kilometre-long eastern borders of the EU, totalling 1 275.

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Frontex publishes Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis 2015

Frontex publishes Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis 2015

2015-05-12

The number of illegal border crossings in the Western Balkans region rose by 65 per cent last year to 66 000, with two-thirds of the detections on the Hungarian-Serbian border.

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Eurosur tools play key role in boat rescue

Eurosur tools play key role in boat rescue

2015-05-06

On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 16, 2014, Moroccan authorities alerted Spain’s Guardia Civil that they have lost track of a small rubber boat full of migrants in the middle of the Alboran Sea, a body of water between the two countries. The Moroccans were growing concerned because they knew that the migrant boat was having engine trouble and was unlikely to make it to Spanish coast, putting dozens of people aboard in grave danger.

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Enlarged Triton helping rescue migrants

Enlarged Triton helping rescue migrants

2015-05-04

More than 5 500 migrants have been rescued near the Libyan coast since Thursday, 30 April. Some 1 200 lives were saved with the direct participation of vessels and aircraft taking part in the Frontex-coordinated Triton operation, including newly deployed assets from EU Member States.

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Frontex publishes Annual Risk Analysis 2015

Frontex publishes Annual Risk Analysis 2015

2015-04-28

Last year, the European Union detected the biggest number of illegal border crossings since Frontex data-collection started eight years ago. The record number of 280 000 detections was mainly fuelled by the ongoing fighting in Syria, which has caused the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. Syrians fleeing their country were the largest group of irregular migrants seeking to enter the EU.

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