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    Frontex to support Member States in the Channel and North Sea region

    2021-12-01

    Today, a Frontex plane landed in Lille to start operating in the Channel and North Sea coastal region in response to the increased migratory pressure in the area. The Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri decided to deploy a plane to support French and Belgian authorities following the ministerial meeting in Calais on Sunday, 28 November.

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    Frontex holds International Conference on Biometrics for Borders

    2021-11-30

    Today, Frontex is hosting the third edition of the International Conference on Biometrics for Borders in Warsaw, Poland. This year, participants focused on a topic which will influence EU’s border management for the next couple of years – biometric interoperability at the EU’s external borders. This includes important EU information systems such as the Schengen Information System, Visa Information System, Entry-Exit System, Eurodac and ETIAS, EU’s Travel Information and Authorisation System that are key to the security of EU’s Schengen Area.

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