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Frontex increases its support to Lithuania

Frontex increases its support to Lithuania

2021-07-10

Due to the growing migratory pressure at Lithuania’s border with Belarus, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will significantly increase its support to Lithuania next week.

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Frontex to help authorities fight gun smuggling

Frontex to help authorities fight gun smuggling

2021-07-09

Frontex decided to help national border guard and customs authorities to fight arms-related crime and created the Handbook on Firearms for Border Guards and Customs Officers in cooperation with the border guard and customs community, as well as EU and international partners.

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Joint Action Day Arktos – 6.7 mln illegal cigarettes, 2.6 tonnes of tobacco seized

Joint Action Day Arktos – 6.7 mln illegal cigarettes, 2.6 tonnes of tobacco seized

2021-07-01

Within just 10 days, law enforcement and customs officers from seven countries, EU agencies and international organisations managed to disrupt a number of criminal activities at the EU’s northeastern land border in operation Joint Action Day Arktos led by Lithuania, Poland and Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

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Frontex provides support for Lithuania, Latvia at their borders with Belarus

Frontex provides support for Lithuania, Latvia at their borders with Belarus

2021-07-01

Today, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is deploying European border guard teams to Lithuania and Latvia to support border controls with Belarus.

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Frontex takes part in Annual European Coast Guard Event 2021

Frontex takes part in Annual European Coast Guard Event 2021

2021-06-30

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency joined the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) at the annual event on coast guard functions, whose main theme was the “Use of digital age technologies in Coast Guard functions”.

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Situation at EU external borders – Detections rise from record lows a year ago

Situation at EU external borders – Detections rise from record lows a year ago

2021-06-22

The number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders in the first five months of 2021 reached over 47 100, 47% more than the total from a year ago when irregular migration dropped due to travel limitations linked to the outbreak of COVID, according to preliminary calculations.

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