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Whose children?

Whose children?

2013-06-03

In the chequered world of cross-border crime, few issues are more emotive than the trafficking of children. Cracking down on Trafficking in Human Beings (THB), and especially in women and children, has long been an EU priority. But in border control there remains much to be done. Now a new Frontex initiative hopes to tighten the net.

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Fourth European Day for Border Guards, 2013

Fourth European Day for Border Guards, 2013

2013-05-29

For the fourth consecutive year, the European Day for Border Guards (ED4BG) was hosted by Frontex in Warsaw, Poland, on May 23. As in years past, the event drew border guards, police, academics, researchers and industry representatives — more than 650 in total — from across Europe and the world to catch up on the latest trends and developments in the operational and policy spheres affecting Europe’s borders.

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Frontex Photo Competition Results

Frontex Photo Competition Results

2013-05-08

Frontex’s photo contest, "Ties that Bind: Bridging borders in modern Europe" is now closed. First place was taken by Marcin Klepacki for his picture "Crossroads." Curtis Budden, a professional photographer commissioned to judge the entries, said the winning image, “gives the viewer plenty of room for interpretation. [...] The photographer uses leading lines and a shallow depth of field to direct us to the real subject of the image, which is not the bridge but the man standing on it.

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Annual Risk Analysis 2013 published

Annual Risk Analysis 2013 published

2013-04-18

The year 2012 saw a 50% decrease in the number of illegal border crossings detected at EU level compared to the year before. Moreover, at around 73 000, it was the first year since systematic data collection started in 2008 that the total figure for the year stood at less than 100 000.

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Final Call for Papers: “Workshop on Innovation in Border Control”

Final Call for Papers: “Workshop on Innovation in Border Control”

2013-04-18

The Workshop on Innovation in Border Control 2013 (WIBC 2013), co-organized by Frontex Research and Development Unit, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS) of the University of Arizona, is soliciting both research and “industrial practice and experience” papers.

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Frontex Signs Working Arrangement with State Border Service of Azerbaijan

Frontex Signs Working Arrangement with State Border Service of Azerbaijan

2013-04-16

Warsaw, 16 April, 2013 — Representatives of Frontex and the border authority of Azerbaijan signed a Working Arrangement today. Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen represented the Agency in a signing ceremony with Lieutenant-General Elchin Guliyev, Chief of State Border Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, at the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw.

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