46 results for "rapid intervention"
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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2011-05-20
Warsaw, May 20, 2011 — Today early morning migrant smugglers opened fire on a border patrol team deployed within the framework of Poseidon 2011 Joint Operation (JO) to the Evros Region (border between Greece and Turkey). No one was injured. Border patrol alerted by an Estonian airplane deployed to this operational area prevented the illegal border crossing of a group of migrants facilitated by smugglers. After smugglers opened fire on Greek and German officers, Hellenic Police contacted their ...
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2010-10-29
Warsaw 29 October - Five days after receiving a request from Greece for deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs), Frontex has finalised arrangements for human and technical resources to be deployed to the Greek-Turkish land border in the region of Orestiada and neighbouring areas. In total, 175 border-control specialists have been made available by the 26 Member States and Schengen-Associated Countries participating in the first ever RABIT deployment. Joint Operation (JO) RABIT ...
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2010-12-07
Warsaw, December 7, 2010 — Frontex Executive Director Ilkka Laitinen signed a decision on December 3 authorising an extension of the Agency’s deployment of Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) to the Greek-Turkish land border. The RABIT deployment, initiated by a request on October 24 by Greece, was provisionally planned for two months’ duration from its initiation on November 2, 2010. The new decision extends RABIT 2010 operation until March 3, 2011. Commenting on the RABIT extension, ...
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2007-06-11
Frontex - facts and myths Ilkka LaitinenHaving realised there is some misunderstanding in the European press on the role of Frontex, I have decided to clarify its mission on the eve of the adoption of the Regulation on the creation Rapid Border Intervention Teams (Rabits).Frontex is a young agency with untapped potential which needs proper resourcing. Rabits are a very good instrument for providing support for a limited period of time in exceptional and urgent situations, the Regulation says, I ...
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2021-07-15
Frontex welcomes the report by the Scrutiny Working Group and its conclusions which reaffirmed that there is no evidence of the Agency's involvement in any violation of human rights. The agency has been working with the Parliament’s scrutiny group in an open and transparent manner, sharing information and receiving the MEPs during an online visit to Frontex. The agency remains committed to cooperating with the European Parliament. “I acknowledge the conclusion of Parliament's fact-finding ...
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2012-02-02
Warsaw 2 February 2012 – In January, over 2 800 migrants were detected at the Greek-Turkish land border in the Evros region. This is a significant decrease in comparison with the summer months, when detections stood at over 6 000 migrants. In the past couple of years crossings at this border seem to reflect a seasonal pattern with a decreasing trend beginning in November and continuing throughout the winter. Lower numbers of detections during the winter months are in part due to the harsh ...
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2010-11-30
ATHENS, 30 November 2010 – On the basis of operational data gathered during the deployment of the Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT 2010), Frontex estimates that at the end of November 2010 there has been an overall decrease of 43,7% in the number of irregular migrants intercepted at the Greek-Turkish land border, in comparison to the figures for October, when the highest number of arrivals for the year was registered. On October there were 7586 persons detected at the Greek Turkish land ...
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2020-04-16
In March, the number of detections of illegal border crossings on Europe’s main migratory routes fell by nearly half from the previous month to around 4 650*. The total number of illegal border crossings for the first quarter reached 24 500, up 26% from the same period of 2019. Eastern MediterraneanThe Eastern Mediterranean migratory route accounted for half of the detections of illegal border crossings into Europe last month. The number of migrants taking this path into Europe fell 38% from ...
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2007-03-19
Frontex Executive Director Mr Ilkka Laitinen has accepted the invitation to visit France on 20 March. The occasion of the visit, taking place in Marseille, will be the demonstration of French means used for prevention of illegal migration at sea. “I am really looking forward to this visit as it will enable me to see in practice some of the technical equipment that can be used in future Frontex coordinated operations”, Mr Laitinen says on the eve of the visit. France is one of the countries that ...
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