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Frontex celebrates entry into force of the Agency’s Headquarters Agreement

Frontex celebrates entry into force of the Agency’s Headquarters Agreement

2017-11-21

On 21 November, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency celebrated the entry into force of the Agency’s Headquarters Agreement with the Republic of Poland. Prime Minister Beata Szydło, Minister of the Interior and Administration Mariusz Błaszczak, and European Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos were honorary guests at the event.

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Migratory flows in October: Overall levels remain low; Spain arrivals soar

Migratory flows in October: Overall levels remain low; Spain arrivals soar

2017-11-15

In October, more than 15,300 irregular border crossings were detected on the four main migratory routes into the EU. The total number of migrants detected on these routes in the first ten months of this year fell by 63% to around 173,000 from the same period in 2016.

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Frontex hosts expert group on document fraud

Frontex hosts expert group on document fraud

2017-11-14

Last week, Frontex hosted the second meeting of the Horizontal Expert Group on Document Fraud at the agency’s headquarters in Warsaw.

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Frontex holds 23rd International Border Police Conference

Frontex holds 23rd International Border Police Conference

2017-11-08

On 7 November, Frontex welcomed senior police officers and migration experts from 60 countries to the 23rd International Border Police Conference. The topic of this year’s conference was Ensuring Global Security through Integrated Border Management.

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Migratory flows in September: Arrivals in Italy lower than a year ago, more departures from Tunisia and Algeria

Migratory flows in September: Arrivals in Italy lower than a year ago, more departures from Tunisia and Algeria

2017-10-18

In September, there were approximately 13 900 detections of illegal border crossings on the four main migratory routes into the EU. The total number of detections on the four main migratory routes in the first nine months of 2017 fell by 64% from the same period of last year to 156 000.

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Frontex completed first set of vulnerability assessments

Frontex completed first set of vulnerability assessments

2017-10-16

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has completed its first set of vulnerability assessments in all member states, which analyse their border control capacity and readiness to face challenges at EU’s external borders.

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