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Entry-Exit System pilot project at land borders

Entry-Exit System pilot project at land borders

2020-08-05

The European Union is moving forward with implementing various “smart borders” solutions that will make it easier for genuine travellers to cross Europe’s borders while protecting the security of hundreds of millions of Europeans.

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Frontex assists in first voluntary returns on chartered flights

Frontex assists in first voluntary returns on chartered flights

2020-07-24

This week, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, supported France with two charter flights for migrants who wanted to return to their country voluntarily.

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Frontex helping to bring innovation to future border control

Frontex helping to bring innovation to future border control

2020-07-17

Intuitive user interfaces and wearables supported by Artificial Intelligence and with Augmented Reality capabilities, 3D facial and iris verification technology for “real-on-the-move” border crossing experience, digital identity based on blockchain technology, highly accurate and cost effective handheld devices for drug and precursors detection on the field – these are some of the projects we’re helping to develop as part of the Horizon Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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Frontex launches second operation outside EU

Frontex launches second operation outside EU

2020-07-15

Today, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is launching an operation in Montenegro, its second outside the European Union.

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Stronger together: EU Agencies join forces to respond to COVID-19

Stronger together: EU Agencies join forces to respond to COVID-19

2020-07-15

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nine Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies (CEPOL, EASO, EIGE, EMCDDA, eu-LISA, Eurojust, Europol, FRA and Frontex) have been supporting the Member States and EU institutions in meeting the unprecedented challenges resulting from the outbreak of the virus - each agency in its respective area of work, in both the short term and the long term.

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Situation at EU external borders – Arrivals down in first half of 2020

Situation at EU external borders – Arrivals down in first half of 2020

2020-07-13

In the first half of this year, the number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by nearly a one-fifth from a year ago to 36 400, mainly because of the effects of the COVID pandemic. The drop was especially pronounced on the Western and Eastern Mediterranean migratory routes.

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