We're with the Italian Customs and Excise on a Frontex mission off Senegal.

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT

Patrolling nearby are the Portuguese and Spanish all under the Frontex banner.

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT

According to Frontex, four out of five would-be immigrants detained in the EU in the first three months of 2010 were stopped in Greece.

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So maybe in some way this is a success for Frontex.

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT

In the second quarter of this year 90% of the migrants detected trying to enter the EU illegally were on the Greek land border, Frontex says.

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Frontex, a Warsaw-based agency created in 2004 to manage the EU's external borders, will open a pilot office in the Greek port of Piraeus in October.

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How successful has your mission been with Frontex this time?

BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT