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We're with the Italian Customs and Excise on a Frontex mission off Senegal.
BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT
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Patrolling nearby are the Portuguese and Spanish all under the Frontex banner.
BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT
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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.
ECONOMIST: Sometimes what does not happen is the real news
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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
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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.
BBC: Germany sounds alarm on migrants in Greece
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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.
ECONOMIST: Greece struggles to deal with a European problem
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How successful has your mission been with Frontex this time?
BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT
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It has frayed recently over Turkey's reluctance to stop large numbers of Central Asian and Middle Eastern migrants crossing from its Aegean coast to the Greek islands despite the EU's Frontex team of helicopters and patrol boats keeping watch on illegal immigration.
ECONOMIST: Greece's budget crisis