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Frontex Code of Conduct for Return Operations published

Frontex Code of Conduct for Return Operations published

2013-12-09

Frontex has published a Code of Conduct for Joint Return Operations. The document, created in line with the Frontex Regulation, sets out common principles and procedures for joint return operations coordinated by Frontex.

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Ralf Goebel Re-elected as Chair of Frontex Management Board

Ralf Goebel Re-elected as Chair of Frontex Management Board

2013-11-28

The Frontex Management Board unanimously elected Mr. Ralf Göbel to continue as Chair at its 46th meeting yesterday. Mr Göbel has served as Chair since April 2012.

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ABC Conference and Exhibition

ABC Conference and Exhibition

2013-10-07

On 10-11 October 2013 Frontex and the European Commission (DG HOME and DG ENTR) will hold the 2nd Global Conference and Exhibition on future developments of Automated Border Control (ABC). The Conference will take place at the Municipal Stadium of the City of Warsaw (Pepsi Arena).

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Conference on the European System of Border Guards

Conference on the European System of Border Guards

2013-10-07

Frontex, in association with the Academy of European Law (ERA) is pleased to announce the upcoming conference “The Feasibility of a European System of Border Guards (ESBG): A Practitioners Perspective.” The event will be held in Warsaw between the 28-29th October, 2013 and will gather together various agency and departmental stakeholders as well as representatives from national border authorities across Europe. Together, they will debate the merits such a system would entail as well as its practical/legal obstacles.

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Update on Central Mediterranean Route

Update on Central Mediterranean Route

2013-10-04

The migrants arriving in Italy and Malta mostly use wooden fishing boats which are often overcrowded and thus prone to sinking or capsizing in high-sea conditions and are often ill-equipped with poor engines and navigation systems; two factors contributing to the risk to life. As a result of these practices, tens of thousands of people become the subject of search-and-rescue (SAR) in the Mediterranean every year. Frontex operations took part in almost 900 SAR cases off Europe’s southern borders between 2011 and 2013, affecting almost 50,000 people in distress.

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To the rescue...

To the rescue...

2013-10-02

I felt that my feet were wet. I didn’t think much of it at first. Then there was shouting. Two men started fighting. I didn’t know what was happening.” Samuel, 23, is an Eritrean migrant in Lampedusa. “Half an hour later, the water was over my feet. People were using everything they had to get the water out. Women were crying. Even men were crying. Some were praying. I was praying. I really thought I was going to die.”

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