Greek-Turkish land border JO Poseidon Land: Situational update, January 2012 Greek-Turkish land border JO Poseidon Land: Situational update, January 2012 2012-02-02 Warsaw 2 February 2012 – In January, over 2 800 migrants were detected at the Greek-Turkish land border in the Evros region. This is a significant decrease in comparison with the summer months, when detections stood at over 6 000 migrants. In the past couple of years crossings at this border seem to reflect a seasonal pattern with a decreasing trend beginning in November and continuing throughout the winter. Read more
Frontex signs Working Arrangement with Nigeria Frontex signs Working Arrangement with Nigeria 2012-01-19 Warsaw, January 19, 2012 — Frontex and representatives of the Nigerian Immigration Service signed a working arrangement at Frontex’s Warsaw HQ on January 19. The Federal Republic of Nigeria was represented by Mrs. Rose Uzoma, Comptroller-General, Nigerian Read more
FRAN Quarterly | Q03 2011 FRAN Quarterly | Q03 2011 2012-01-18 Frontex Publishes Analysis of Migratory Trends at the EU External Borders for Q3, 2011 Read more
Smarter, faster, safer? Smarter, faster, safer? 2011-12-01 The European Commission (EC) presented a Communication on October 25 entitled “Smart Borders – options and the way ahead,” which proposes new approaches to striking the balance between security and freedom at the EU’s external borders. With the number of external border crossings exceeding 700 million each year and expected to keep rising, there is a need for a more sophisticated approach to border management for the future. The current system of passport stamps is seen as insufficient to rise to future challenges and the “smart borders package” aims to address the deficiencies with new technologies and intelligence-led targeting to separate the vast majority of bona fide travellers from the small number of transgressors, be they irregular migrants, cross-border criminal groups or suspected threats to European security. Meanwhile, for most travellers, the same measures will be noticeable in the form of faster and more efficient border crossings, particularly at airports. Read more
Frontex Evaluation Report on RABITs publicly available Frontex Evaluation Report on RABITs publicly available 2011-10-27 The Frontex Evaluation Report on the deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) to the Greek-Turkish land border in 2010 is now publically available. Joint Operation RABIT 2010 was the first deployment of its type and its evaluation is a cruci Read more
Eastern Borders Risk Analysis Network Annual Overview 2011 Eastern Borders Risk Analysis Network Annual Overview 2011 2011-10-25 When compared to 2009, the overall migratory situation at the common borders between Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and neighboring Poland, Slovakia, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Romania, Latvia, Hungary and Estonia did not change significantly. Read more
