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Frontex Executive Director Saddened by Tragic Deaths of Migrants off Libyan Coast

Frontex Executive Director Saddened by Tragic Deaths of Migrants off Libyan Coast

2015-02-11

“I am deeply moved by this tragedy and outraged at the smugglers who are willing to put the lives of hundreds of people at the mercy of the rough seas...

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Dramatic rescue operation off the coast of Libya - 29 dead

Dramatic rescue operation off the coast of Libya - 29 dead

2015-02-10

On Monday night a rubber boat with 106 sub-Saharan migrants was rescued by the Italian Coast Guard, which conducted a dramatic search and rescue operation 120 NM from Lampedusa. 29 people, including three minors, died of hypothermia.

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Latest Trends at external borders of the EU

Latest Trends at external borders of the EU

2015-02-02

Although some data are still missing for De¬cember 2014, the number of detections of illegal border-crossing in 2014 as a whole to¬talled about 278 000. This is two and a half times larger than the year before (107 000) and twice as much as in 2011 (141 000) dur¬ing the initial stages of the Arab Spring.

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Fabrice Leggeri takes the helm at Frontex

Fabrice Leggeri takes the helm at Frontex

2015-01-16

Today Fabrice Leggeri started his five-year term as the Frontex Executive Director.The top post at Frontex is a home coming of sort for Leggeri, who as a national expert detached to the European Commission took active part in drafting an EU document that was endorsed in 2002

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Update: ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants

Update: ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants

2015-01-03

At midnight the Icelandic coast guard vessel ICGV Týr brought the cargo vessel Ezadeen with 360 migrants on board to the southern Italian port of Corigliano Calabro.

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ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants

ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants

2015-01-02

Today at approximately 5 am the Icelandic vessel ICGV Týr deployed by Frontex within the framework of Triton operation received a request from the Italian Coast Guard to assist...

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