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Frontex offers funding for development and delivery of training activities

Frontex offers funding for development and delivery of training activities

2019-04-17

Frontex has published a call for proposals for Development and delivery of training activities for border and coast guards. The objective of the call is to support Member States in their efforts to improve the knowledge, skills and competences of the border and coast guards.

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Migratory situation in March – Eastern Mediterranean accounts for most of all irregular migrants

Migratory situation in March – Eastern Mediterranean accounts for most of all irregular migrants

2019-04-09

In March, the number of detections of illegal border crossings on Europe’s main migratory routes fell by 7% from the previous month to nearly 4 600, mainly due to a drop in migrant arrivals in Spain. The total for the first quarter of 2019 was 13% lower than a year ago at around 17 900.

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Heads of EMSA and Frontex discuss cooperation on European coast guard functions

Heads of EMSA and Frontex discuss cooperation on European coast guard functions

2019-04-03

Today, EMSA Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac visited the headquarters of Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, where she met with its Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri to discuss collaboration on the development of European coast guard functions and other forms of cooperation between the two agencies.

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Frontex Document Olympics

Frontex Document Olympics

2019-03-25

Document experts from all around Europe took part in the first Frontex Document Olympics earlier this month, where they competed to spot the largest number of fake documents in just a few minutes.

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Migratory situation in February – Poor weather reduces the number of detections

Migratory situation in February – Poor weather reduces the number of detections

2019-03-14

In February, the number of detections of illegal border crossings on Europe’s four main migratory routes fell 58% from the previous month to 3 560, in large part due to poor weather conditions in parts of the Mediterranean Sea. The total for the first two months of the year was roughly in line with a year ago at 11 800.

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Smart borders: bringing Frontex and customs closer together

Smart borders: bringing Frontex and customs closer together

2019-03-12

In his keynote speech to the World Customs Organization (WCO), Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri spoke about the essential role of customs authorities for the internal security of the European Union and beyond, and stressed that increasing travel flows will require even closer cooperation between the two organisations in future.

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