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Frontex deployed assets involved in the interception of a drug boat in the Alboran Sea

Frontex deployed assets involved in the interception of a drug boat in the Alboran Sea

2014-09-30

On 24 September a drug trafficking boat was intercepted in the Western Mediterranean in the framework of the Frontex- coordinated operation, Indalo.

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Frontex launches call for participation of the EU Member States in Joint Operation Triton

Frontex launches call for participation of the EU Member States in Joint Operation Triton

2014-09-26

Frontex concluded talks with the Italian authorities on September 24 concerning the launch of a new joint operation in Italy.

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Frontex Risk Analysis Report for Q1 2014 published

Frontex Risk Analysis Report for Q1 2014 published

2014-08-14

Compared to the first quarter of 2013, in Q1 2014 Italy reported a sevenfold increase in illegal border-crossings, while numbers in Greece more than doubled. Detections at Italy’s sea border represented almost 50% of all detected illegal border-crossings that quarter. For the first quarter since FRAN data collection began, Malians were the most reported nationality at that maritime border, followed by Eritreans and Syrians.

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Call for Expressions of Interest: Pool of Experts on Automated Border Control

Call for Expressions of Interest: Pool of Experts on Automated Border Control

2014-08-08

The Frontex Research and Development Unit (RDU) invites relevant candidates to express their interest in participating in a pool of experts in the field of Automated Border Control (ABC). Interested experts are invited to submit their applications in response to this Call for Expressions of Interest (CEI). Candidates will be shortlisted for the pool on the basis of their professional and technical ability and their capacity to carry out the tasks described in the CEI.

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First Annual Report of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published

First Annual Report of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published

2014-07-28

The first annual report of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Consultative Forum in 2013 in a number of areas jointly agreed with Frontex, its Management Board and the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer.

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Self-collection — A new way of returns

Self-collection — A new way of returns

2014-07-24

When a joint return flight took off from Lille, France, bound for Albania in May it represented a new first for Frontex: though the organising member state was France, the escorts, the on board doctor and a fundamental rights officer were all Albanian.

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