53 results for "Poseidon"
2015-05-22
Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Union’s Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner, was the guest of honour at the sixth annual European Day for Border Guards (ED4BG) organised in Warsaw by Frontex on Thursday, 21 May. During his opening speech, Commissioner Avramopoulos praised the work of border guards across Europe along with the role Frontex plays in the management of EU external borders. He congratulated the Agency on its 10th anniversary and spoke about the 30 years of the ...
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2010-10-25
Warsaw, 25 October 2010 - Yesterday at 22:49 Frontex received a request from the Greek Minister of Citizen Protection Christos Papoutsis to deploy Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) as well as operational means to increase the control and surveillance levels at Greece’s external border with Turkey. This is the first time since the creation of the Agency in 2005 that Frontex has deployed the RABIT teams – a group of specialised border guards made available by 27 EU countries to deal with ...
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2011-01-13
Warsaw, 12 January 2011 - On the basis of operational data gathered during the implementation of Operation RABIT, Frontex confirms further decreases in the number of irregular migrants detected at the Greek-Turkish land border. Throughout the year 2010, October saw the maximum number of migrants apprehended (7607), with an average of 245 detections per day. Since the beginning of Operation RABIT 2010, a decreasing trend in the number of detections was observed compared to October: in November ...
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2018-03-07
Every year, Frontex deploys thousands of officers to different external borders of the EU. They come from different Member States and have various tasks: some are border surveillance officers, while others are fingerprinting and registration experts or debriefing experts.Here, we introduce different officers who have been deployed in our operations, and let them explain their work. FINGERPRINTING AND REGISTRATION EXPERTSFrontex assists Member States with identifying and registering all persons ...
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2011-05-06
Since 2009, the Italian Calabria and Puglia regions — the ‘toe’ and ‘heel’ of Italy respectively — have been subject to an increasing flow of irregular migrants originating from Asian countries, departing by boat from the Turkish coast, and circumnavigating Peloponnesus on their way to Italy. During 2010 and 2011 there have also been cases of migrants who had been gathered on the Greek mainland and departed from the Greek coast towards Puglia. The operational area of Aeneas has also been ...
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2015-11-10
More than 540 000 migrants have arrived on the Greek islands in the first ten months of the year, which was 13 times more than in the same period of 2014. Syrians continued to account for the largest number of arrivals, although in recent weeks the share of Afghan nationals has risen significantly.Despite the worsening weather conditions in October, more than 150 000 people made the journey from Turkey to Greece last month compared to fewer than 8 500 in October 2014.As a direct knock-on ...
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2012-06-27
One of the key objectives of Frontex is to keep Member States informed about new technological developments in the field of border control. In this regard, Frontex seeks to put more emphasis on organising, with the help of Member States, practical demonstrations of new technologies. Surveillance of land borders has to ensure effective detection of irregular immigration activities. The technical systems involved include different types of sensor and specific communication systems and software, ...
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2007-03-27
Today, 27 March, German Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schäuble on behalf of the EU Presidency and Commissioner Franco Frattini opened the new premises of Frontex in Warsaw. The Polish Minister of the Interior Janusz Kaczmarek, the Chairman of Frontex Management Board Minze A. Beuving, Members of Frontex Management Board, Ambassadors of EU Member States, representatives of international organizations and other partner bodies are among other important guests hosted by Frontex Executive ...
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2024-01-24
As we start a new operational year today, it’s not just another date on the calendar for Frontex. It’s a moment that symbolises a fresh start for our dedicated team of nearly 2 500 officers, poised to commence their duties across Europe and beyond. Our diverse team, including border surveillance officers, advanced-level document officers, cross-border and motor-vehicle crime detection experts, and more, stand ready to address the dynamic challenges at the EU's border crossings, ports, and ...
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2018-08-07
Files available for download WB ARA (4.8 MB) The migration flow continued to decrease remaininglargely under control; coordination and cooperation remain crucial An array of response measures, ranging from coordinated enhancement of border-controls by the most affected countries to policy actions supported by the EU, introduced at the end of 2015 and maintained throughout 2016 and 2017, contributed to a marked reduction in the volume of the non-regional[1] migration flow observed in the Western ...
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