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Better knowledge is better management

Better knowledge is better management

2017-06-26

In early June, the first group of graduates received a European joint master’s degree in Strategic Border Management, co-awarded by five higher education institutions: the Rezekne Academy of Technologies from Latvia, Mykolas Romeris University from Lithuania, the Netherlands Defence Academy Faculty of Military Science, the National University for Distance-Learning Education from Spain and the University of Salamanca, in collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences.

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Frontex Director Leggeri visits Spain to discuss operational coordination

Frontex Director Leggeri visits Spain to discuss operational coordination

2017-06-26

Last week, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri visited the Spanish National Coordination Centre in Madrid, where he discussed cooperation with the Spanish authorities in combatting cross-border crime and dealing with migratory pressure at Spain’s external borders.

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Arrival of migrants in May: Numbers in Italy and Greece higher than month ago

Arrival of migrants in May: Numbers in Italy and Greece higher than month ago

2017-06-23

There were around 27 000 detections of illegal border crossings on the four main migratory routes into the EU in May. The total number of detections in the first five months of 2017 fell 75% from the same period of last year to 84 000, although the number of migrants arriving in Italy remained above the figures from a year ago.

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Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017

Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017

2017-06-21

On 28 - 29 September 2017, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency will hold the Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017 in Warsaw, Poland.

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Frontex updates key training document for EU border and coast guard officers

Frontex updates key training document for EU border and coast guard officers

2017-06-20

Last week, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri signed the Common Core Curriculum (CCC) for Border and Coast Guards Basic Training in the EU, an updated document that serves as a basis for training of border and coast guard officers throughout the European Union.

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Frontex hosts 8th European Day for Border Guards

Frontex hosts 8th European Day for Border Guards

2017-06-13

More than 500 border guard officers and other officials from 38 countries took part in the eighth annual European Day for Border Guards (ED4BG) organised in Poland by Frontex on Monday.

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