53 results for "Poseidon"
2016-03-23
Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has called on EU Member States to come forward with additional police officers and readmission experts to support Greece in returning migrants to Turkey. Following a call for officers issued by Frontex on Friday, 18 March, Member States have so far offered 396 police officers of the 1500 requested. Frontex has also received offers to provide 47 of the 50 readmission experts the agency asked for. “I am grateful to the countries who have offered police ...
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2023-03-14
Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens, Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi and Minister of Citizens’ Protection, Panagiotis Theodorikakos agreed today on a plan to expand the agency’s support in the area of returns. As part of a dedicated action plan, Frontex will provide additional support to Greece in a number of return-related activities, including reinforced operational and technical support in voluntary and forced returns. Frontex will also assist in establishing ...
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2010-10-26
Warsaw, 26 October – Today, Frontex Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen signed a decision to deploy Rapid Border Intervention Teams to Greece after a request from Greek authorities.“Frontex stands ready to assist Greece by activating the RABIT mechanism in this urgent and exceptional situation in order to augment Greece’s national efforts to deal with this problem” he said. Staff from the newly-opened Frontex Operational Office based in Piraeus have already arrived at the Greek-Turkish border to ...
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2016-03-21
Frontex has asked EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries to provide 1 500 police officers and 50 return and readmission experts to support Greece in returning migrants to Turkey. Several Member States have already committed to providing additional officers.Over the weekend all involved parties – the European Commission, Greece, all the remaining EU Member States, as well as a number of EU agencies including Frontex, European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and Europol – have been ...
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2015-12-04
Greece asked Frontex yesterday to launch a Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT) mechanism on the Greek islands in the Aegean, where it continues to face massive migratory pressure. Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri has five working days to evaluate the situation and decide whether to activate the RABIT mechanism. The RABIT mechanism provides rapid operational assistance to a requesting member state facing urgent and exceptional migratory pressure at its external borders. If Frontex ...
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2016-07-07
How do Search and Rescue (SAR) operations work and what is the role of Frontex in them?Search and Rescue (SAR) is always a priority for everyone operating at sea.International law obliges all captains of vessels to provide assistance to any persons found in distress at sea. SAR is also a specific objective of the operational plan of every Frontex joint maritime operation. For this reason, vessels deployed by Frontex to an operational area are always ready to provide support to the national ...
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2015-11-12
Frontex has called on the authorities of EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries to contribute an additional 269 officers to help screen, fingerprint and register migrants at the European Union’s external borders.Member States have so far agreed to provide 320 officers to help at the external borders most affected by the unprecedented migratory flows this year, mainly in Greece.Frontex has already strengthened Operation Poseidon Sea and deployed 133 officers on Lesbos and other Greek ...
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2023-01-12
This week, Konstantinos Solkidis, the Fundamental Rights Officer at the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum visited Frontex for a series of meetings with the agency’s management and Fundamental Rights Officer. During his two-day visit, he met with the Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer, Jonas Grimheden, discussing the agency’s fundamental rights safeguards, including reporting and complaints mechanisms. Mr Solkidis also met with the Greek staff of the Fundamental Rights Office. In 2022, the ...
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2016-11-08
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is hosting the first European Coast Guard Cooperation Network Meeting in Warsaw on 8-10 November to highlight the new agency’s expanded role in the maritime arena. Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri and EFCA Executive Director Pascal Savouret The gathering brings together representatives of more than 40 different national authorities of EU member states, including coast guards, navies, border police, customs and maritime authorities. ...
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2022-07-11
Frontex Executive Director ad interim, Aija Kalnaja, visited Crete last week to attend a demonstration of an unmanned aircraft deployed by Frontex that will soon start patrolling the Eastern Mediterranean to help Hellenic authorities detect cross-border crime and save lives at sea. Hellenic officials, including Secretary General for Insular Policy and Aegean Emmanuel Koutoulakis and the Vice Admiral of the Hellenic Coast Guard Georgios Alexandrakis attented the event. The aircraft will be part ...
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