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Frontex Publishes Annual Risk Analysis 2014

Frontex Publishes Annual Risk Analysis 2014

2014-05-15

Detections of illegal border crossing at the EU external borders increased sharply in 2013, rising to over 107,000 from 75,000 in 2012, with Syrians, Eritreans and Afghans being the most commonly detected nationalities.

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Border Surveillance Demonstration and Workshop Finland 2014

Border Surveillance Demonstration and Workshop Finland 2014

2014-03-11

One of the key objectives of Frontex is to keep Member States informed about new technological developments in the field of border control. In this regard, Frontex seeks to put more emphasis on organizing, with the help of Member States, practical demonstrations of new technologies.

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The Feasibility of a European System of Border Guards Conference Report

The Feasibility of a European System of Border Guards Conference Report

2014-02-14

The final report of the Conference ‘The Feasibility of a European System of Border Guards: A Practitioner’s Perspective’ was compiled by rapporteurs Dr Peter Hobbing and Mr Emilio De Capitani. The report is based on a conference held in Warsaw in October last year and constitutes a practitioners’ input to the ongoing discussion on the future of the justice and home affairs (JHA) area. The report has been shared with the European Commission, European Parliament and Council.

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Frontex and eu-LISA sign Working Arrangement

Frontex and eu-LISA sign Working Arrangement

2014-01-31

Frontex and the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems (eu-LISA) signed a Working Arrangement today at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw. Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen represented the Agency in a signing ceremony with Krum Garkov, the Executive Director of eu-LISA.

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Irregular Arrivals Were at Record High in the Third Quarter of 2013

Irregular Arrivals Were at Record High in the Third Quarter of 2013

2014-01-31

The third quarter (Q3) of 2013 saw a massive upswing in irregular migrants arrivals in the Central Mediterranean. This, combined with sustained detections in the Ionian and Eastern Aegean Seas, meant there were more detections of illegal border-crossing at the EU maritime borders than during the height of the 2011 ‘Arab Spring.’ There were also more applications for international protection than at any other time since data collection began for this indicator in 2008.

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Frontex Publishes Report on Second Global ABC Conference

Frontex Publishes Report on Second Global ABC Conference

2014-01-21

The conference report summarises the discussions and key conclusions reached at the Second Global Conference and Exhibition on future developments in Automated Border Control (ABC), co-organised by Frontex and the European Commission on 10-11 October 2013 in Warsaw.

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