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Frontex welcomes pledges to boost operations Triton and Poseidon

2015-04-23

Frontex welcomed on Thursday the announcement by the European Council that it would triple the funding for operations in the Mediterranean Sea. The agency also thanks EU member states for their pledges to provide additional vessels and aircraft to help avoid future tragedies at sea. “I am glad to say that the number of pledged assets surpassed our expectations. These assets will contribute to the significant expansion of our operations in the Mediterranean Sea. We will increase our efforts to ...

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Frontex launches rapid operational assistance in Greece

2015-12-29

Frontex initiated yesterday the deployment of 293 officers and 15 vessels to the Greek islands as part of a new operation called Poseidon Rapid Intervention after Greece requested additional assistance at its external borders in the Aegean earlier this month. Poseidon Rapid Intervention replaces the Joint Operation Poseidon Sea with a higher number of officers who will assist in identifying and fingerprinting of arriving migrants, along with interpreters and forged document experts. Poseidon ...

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European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) involved in search and rescue operation off Lesvos

2019-06-11

This morning at 6:45, a a Royal Netherlands Marechaussee patrol boat taking part in Frontex’s operation Poseidon detected a capsized boat northeast off Mytilene (Lesvos island) while patrolling the sea between Turkey and Greece. The Hellenic Coast Guard, in charge of coordination of Search and Rescue operations, immediately ordered seven vessels and a Super Puma helicopter to assist in the rescue.  Among them was also an Italian patrol boat from Guardia di Finanza deployed by Frontex. 57 people ...

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Frontex RABIT Deployment to Greece Extended Until March 2011

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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Swedish officer injured in Lesbos

2015-11-12

An officer on a Swedish coastal patrol boat was injured on Monday when the he tried to board a yacht near the island of Lesbos.The Swedish vessel, which is taking part in the Frontex-coordinated Operation Poseidon Sea, conducted a border control procedure in Greek coastal waters after the yacht ignored several commands to stop its engine. Following several attempts to signal the yachts to stop, it instead accelerated in the direction of Turkey. The Swedish CPB caught up with the yacht, but ...

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Frontex expresses concern over incident involving guest officers in Mitilini

2010-03-17

Frontex has written to the national authority of the five border guard officers involved in an incident in Mitilini, Lesvos to express its concern at their off-duty behaviour.  The officers, who had been seconded to Frontex joint operation POSEIDON 2010 hosted by Greece, were involved in a violent argument with local nightclub patrons on the night of 16 March and were arrested by Greek police. “Frontex is the treasurer of best practices in all areas related to border control and all national ...

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Screening expert

2018-01-15

Many people who cross Europe’s external borders irregularly arrive without any identification documents. Others claim false nationality in order to increase their chances of receiving a form of protection in the European Union.Screening experts play a key role in helping national authorities establish the nationality of incoming migrants. This information is used for the identification and registration process that takes place after the screening. Screening experts also identify persons in need ...

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Advanced Level Document Officer (ALDO)

2018-01-12

In order to diminish the risks associated with identity and document fraud, Frontex deploys Advanced Level Document Officers (ALDOs) to support the national authorities with performing checks of travel and identification documents of incoming migrants. ALDOs have specialised knowledge of different levels of security features of travel documentation. This enables them to assess the authenticity of documents and whether they are presented by the rightful holder. ALDOs are deployed to hotspots, as ...

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