July 4, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece’s new minister for migration said Monday he would consider it “unthinkable” for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country, and promised to address a growing list of international grievances over dealing with migrants. A dispute between Greece’s government and the EU border agency …
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June 15, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Could the shipwreck tragedy in international waters south off Greece have been avoided? This is the question many pose after details and pictures by the Frontex and the Greek Coast Guard have being released showing that authorizes were close to the overloaded fishing boat before it suddenly capsized and sank …
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April 29, 2022
Politics, Refugees
The head of the EU border agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has filed his resignation following excoriating criticism of its human rights record and an anti-fraud investigation. Fabrice Leggeri, who was censured by the European parliament last year, announced his resignation in a letter to the agency’s management board. “I give …
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December 2, 2021
FEATURED
The Greek Ombudsman announced on Wednesday that it launches an investigation into the complaint about the illegal pushback of a Frontex interpreter from Greece to Turkey. The Constitutional independent authority added that it has received a formal complain from the EU border agency. A Frontex employee has claimed that he …
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September 9, 2021
Refugees
The EU is preparing for an influx of Afghans seeking asylum, whether or not people flee en masse from the new Taliban government, the chief of the EU border agency said, noting that millions are already displaced in neighbouring countries. In an interview, Fabrice Leggeri, director-general of border agency Frontex, …
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June 15, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Israel’s Aerospace Industries (IAI) is leasing Maritime Heron drones to Greece for a period of three years, with an option to purchase the system upon completion of the leasing period, the IAI said in a statement released last week. The flexibility of leasing agreements is demonstrated by the recent contracts …
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June 9, 2021
Refugees, World
The European Union’s border and coast guard agency FRONTEX is being given additional tasks, like playing a greater role in the deportation of migrants, at a time when it is incapable even of fulfilling the duties it was ordered to carry out five years ago, the European Court of Auditors …
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May 13, 2021
Politics, Refugees
Returning unapproved asylum seekers to their home countries could become an easier task if European border patrol agency Frontex could operate outside of European borders, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Wednesday. Speaking virtually with German Deputy Minister for Migration Stephan Mayer, Mitarakis added that bilateral agreements with other …
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February 23, 2021
Politics, Refugees
The European Parliament has launched an inquiry into “respect of fundamental rights” by the European Borders Agency Frontex. The new EP Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG) formally began its work on Tuesday 23 February with the appointment of its Chair and a rapporteur, the EP said in a statement issued …
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January 14, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Ministry announced that it has submitted a request to the European Commission and the EU border agency Frontex for the immediate return of 1,450 foreigners who are not entitled to international protection to Turkey, based on the EU-Turkey Statement. Greece has requested the return to Turkey …
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December 1, 2020
Greece, Politics, World
European Union lawmakers lashed out Tuesday at the head of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri over allegations that the border and coast guard agency helped illegally stop migrants or refugees entering Europe, calling for his resignation and demanding an independent inquiry. The lawmakers grilled Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri over an investigation in …
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November 27, 2020
Refugees
Refugee and migration flows to Greece dropped 74%pct in the first ten months of 2020, compared to flows registered in the same period in 2019, says a report released on Thursday by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. Some 17,000 crossings into Greece were recorded between January and …
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October 28, 2020
Greece
European border agency Frontex has launched an internal investigation into press reports of alleged illegal pushbacks of migrants and refugees in the Aegean Sea. A relevant TV report broadcasted on Tuesday at German public broadcaster ARD not only displayed footage but also featured among others eye-witness accounts by Greek islanders …
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May 21, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey has increased its provocations by air and at the sea on Thursday, by harassing Greek fishermen and a Frontex vessel from Finland in the eastern Aegean Sea, while fighter jets overflew Greek islets and even the island of Patmos. A Turkish Coast Guard patrol boat entered Greek territorial waters …
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May 8, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
European Union border agency Frontex expects a fresh wave of migrants seeking to cross Evros, the land border between Turkey and Greece, German daily Die Welt reports on Friday. The daily cites an internal agency report by the Frontex Situation Center, dated May 5,according to which the wave is expected …
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April 30, 2020
Turkey-GR
A dangerous incident took place at the Evros border netween Turkey and Greece, when Turkish soldiers fired warning shot and then aimed at German officers patrolling with border with Greece. According to an exclusive story by German magazine Der Spiegel the incident took place on April 28. Frontex has deployed …
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March 13, 2020
Greece
Frontex has deployed an additional 100 border guards at the Greek land border as part of a rapid border intervention following a request by Greece. Border guards from 22 member-state arrived on Thursday in the region of Evros. Member States will also provide technical equipment, including vessels, maritime surveillance aircraft …
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March 4, 2020
Greece
Germany is dispatching to Athens one helicopter and twenty police officers to boost the guarding of the Greek-Turkish border, the German Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The police officers will join the EU’s Frontex border control force in Greece, where another sixty German police officers are already posted. Two German …
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March 3, 2020
Greece, Politics
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed her full support to Greece during visit at the Evros region on Tuesday, where thousands of migrants are waiting to cross into Greece from Turkey. “Greece’s concerns are Europe’s concerns. As a European, I am on Greece’s side. And on the side …
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March 1, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greece has decided to suspend asylum for a month and to activate a series of EU and Frontext mechanisms to protect her land and sea borders, while thousands of migrants are pushing their way to the country in Evros and the Aegean islands. “Turkey has become a trafficker itself,” government …
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