52 results for "Triton"
2018-06-08
Joint Operation Themis has replaced operation Triton, with an enhanced law enforcement and security focus.
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2015-04-08
Italian authorities rescued 2 400 migrants who left Libya on wooden fishing boats and rubber dinghies ahead of the Easter holiday last week, including 318 migrants rescued by Icelandic Coast Guard vessel Týr taking part in the Frontex-coordinated Joint Operation Triton.The migrants took advantage of a brief window of favourable weather starting at the beginning of April to venture out in hopes of reaching the Italian coast.“Once again a vessel participating in the Frontex-coordinated Triton ...
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2017-06-28
Five vessels taking part in Frontex operation Triton helped save 2 700 people in the Central Mediterranean since Sunday. These vessels included Swedish KBV 002, Spanish Rio Segura and Maltese P62, as well as two Italian vessels co-financed by Frontex. In total, some 10 000 migrants have been rescued in Central Mediterranean in the past three days and search and rescue operations are ongoing. This is the largest number of people rescued within such a brief span so far this year.“Setting off such ...
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2017-05-07
Vessels deployed by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, helped rescue more than 2 800 migrants from 20 rubber and wooden boats coming from Libya this weekend. Majority of the rescued people are believed to have come from Sub Saharan and North African countries, although their nationalities will only be known after the migrants are registered and screened in Italy. Women, some pregnant, and many children were among those rescued.Five vessels taking part in Frontex operation ...
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2015-04-23
Frontex is looking forward to implement the conclusions of the European Council to be held this afternoon in Brussels and has already started preparing the implementation of the Home Affairs/Foreign Affairs Council held in Luxemburg on Monday, 20 April, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said.“My proposal is to increase as an immediate step air surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy and Malta in addition to the vessels currently deployed, which is aimed at enhancing search ...
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2015-06-09
Credits: Swedish Coast Guard Last weekend some 5600 migrants were rescued in the Central Mediterranean with assistance of Spanish, Swedish, Maltese and British vessels deployed in operation Triton. Out of the 32 Search and Rescue operations launched by the Italian and Maltese SAR authorities since Friday, 22 operations are still on-going. All aircraft and vessels coordinated by Frontex were fully deployed.While most activities took place South of Sicily, an Icelandic airplane and a British ...
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2015-04-14
People smugglers fired several shots on Monday to recover a wooden boat after the migrants it was carrying were rescued some 60 NM from Libya. The search and rescue operation was carried out by an Italian tugboat and Icelandic Coast Guard vessel Týr deployed by Frontex.Týr, already carrying 342 migrants from an earlier rescue operation, was called to assist the tugboat in another rescue. After most of the 250 people aboard the second migrant vessel were transferred to the tugboat, a speedboat ...
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2018-02-13
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has launched a new operation in the Central Mediterranean to assist Italy in border control activities. The new Joint Operation Themis replaces operation Triton, which was launched in 2014.
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2017-04-17
During the Easter weekend, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, rescued more than 1400 migrants in the Central Mediterranean in 13 search and rescue operations. All vessels currently deployed in operation Triton participated in search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean over the holiday weekend. On Saturday, six vessels deployed by Frontex rescued more than 600 migrants.The rescue operations continued on Sunday, when the Frontex-deployed Norwegian Siem Pilot and ...
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2015-02-11
Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri expressed sadness over the tragic deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean this week and said that while the mandate of Frontex is border control, the agency would continue to do its utmost to assist the Italian authorities in the search and rescue operations to save migrants stranded at sea. “I am deeply moved by this tragedy and outraged at the smugglers who are willing to put the lives of hundreds of people at the mercy of the rough seas. The ...
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