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	<title>the border is the problem… &#187; Frontex</title>
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		<title>Freedom, not Frontex</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2011/03/09/freedom-not-frontex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement of the network afrique-europe-interact, welcome to europe and network critical migration and border regime research. If you would like to sign, please send a short mail containing name/organisation and city to fsf@antira.info. Download a pdf in the following languages: english arabic french italian spanish german Freedom, not Frontex There cannot be democracy without global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US embassy cables: Greece and migration</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2011/01/12/us-embassy-cables-greece-and-migration/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2011/01/12/us-embassy-cables-greece-and-migration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian released two embassy cables provided by the by now well-known wikileaks cablegate that report on the Greek government&#8217;s position and strategy on dealing with irregular migration. This article provides a short summary of the contents. Both reports were written shortly after the change of government in October 2009, in December and February respectively. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riot at the Fylakion detention centre</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/12/04/riot-at-the-fylakion-detention-centre/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/12/04/riot-at-the-fylakion-detention-centre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends from Clandestina alert us to the fact that… …last Tuesday (4th of December), a riot broke out, one of the most serious to date, at the detention centre at Fylakion in the Evros region, near the town of Orestiada and the FRONTEX headquarters at the Greco-Turkish border. According to the policemen guarding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Rabit saved the refugee</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/12/01/how-the-rabit-saved-the-refugee/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/12/01/how-the-rabit-saved-the-refugee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Detention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian refugees detained in Evros continue wave of hunger strikes 27th November, Athens, by Infomobile Four Iranians detained at the border station of Feres in northeastern Greece have sewed their mouths in protest of their prolonged detention. Only one of them, a journalist, managed to apply for asylum. The situation in Feres is critical due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the details of the upcoming RABIT mission [2 Updates]</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/10/27/on-the-details-of-the-upcoming-rabit-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/10/27/on-the-details-of-the-upcoming-rabit-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are monitoring the situation around the upcoming RABIT deployment to Greece. As it seems, Greece has requested 160 175 officers to be sent to Greece. Denmark will contribute five to six officers, which will be able to travel within the next four days. Sweden will contribute a handful of officers. France has announced to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frontex acknowledges Greek RABIT request</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/10/26/frontex-acknowledges-greek-rabit-request/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/10/26/frontex-acknowledges-greek-rabit-request/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frontex has granted the request of the Greek government for the deployment of the Rapid Border Intervention Teams in the Evros border. From their press release (25th of October 2010): “The situation in Greece is very serious. Acting on the basis of the Regulation 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Please don’t paint…”</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/28/please-dont-paint%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/28/please-dont-paint%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Saturday, was the designated Frontex action day in Samos. We scored our first victory in the morning when all coast guard and Frontex ships withdrew from the port, disappearing somewhere. Up to now, they have not returned. The image below shows where they usually park their ships during the day… it is empty. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Words from Samos</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/28/first-words-from-samos/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/28/first-words-from-samos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few days we gradually arrived in Samos and found a totally unexpected situation. The huge detention centre above Vathy is empty, all detainees have been transferred off the island, presumably to Athens, where they are either held in another detention facility or are released with the infamous White Paper. Currently, there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frontex office delayed?</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/20/frontex-office-delayed/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/20/frontex-office-delayed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, well, nothing is ever moving as fast as said. A new article in The Economist brings the news that apparently, the opening of Frontex&#8217; Branch Office in the port of Piraeus will be delayed until October, after it was supposed to first open in spring, then in August. There are two more aspects in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patras &amp; Frontex</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/17/patras-frontex/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/08/17/patras-frontex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just to keep you updated on the activities of Frontex in the Aegean, we dug out this recent article from a local newspaper, reporting about Frontex in Patras. Is the advertisement next to it not great? Yes, the Mediterranean used to be an area of travel, exchange and commerce, why did we turn it into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samos</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/30/samos/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/30/samos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samos is one of the Greek island off the Turkish coast. At the closest point, you have the feeling you can easily touch the other side if you stretch your arm a little. Not surprisingly, many refugees and migrants attempt to cross the border to the European Union here with small boats. In 2007, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screening, Detention, Centres</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/27/screening-detention-centres/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/27/screening-detention-centres/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://w2eu.net/?p=1798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In October 2009, the Initial Reception Centre in Pagani on the island of Lesvos was officially closed, after a wave of revolts of the detained migrants and a worldwide scandalisation of the conditions inside the jail. Despite announcements of the government to build a new detention centre in Lesvos, Pagani is still the only detention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frontex in the Aegean</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/27/frontex-in-the-aegean/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/27/frontex-in-the-aegean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, 150.000 irregular migrants were intercepted in Greece, which amounts for 75% of all interceptions in the EU. Even though in 2010, this number is likely to drop again, it is clear that the closure of other routes to Europe (West Africa to Spain, Libya to Italy/Malta) has made Greece the presently last remaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frontex frames innocent youth in Samos</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/22/frontex-frames-innocent-youth-in-samos/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/22/frontex-frames-innocent-youth-in-samos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[M., a 17-year-old Palestinian youth was accused of “trafficking” in Samos. Four months ago, M. was arrested by the police, when he arrived in a boat together with another 55 people. The police claimed to have him identified as the driver of the boat. The accusation was based on a photo made from a helicopter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samos: preparations for the deportation of 50 refugees</title>
		<link>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/09/samos-preparations-for-the-deportation-of-50-refugees/</link>
		<comments>http://w2eu.net/2010/07/09/samos-preparations-for-the-deportation-of-50-refugees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pirx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Samos, the Movement for the Human Rights Solidarity to the Refugees sends a press release, denouncing the pending deportation of 50 refugees from the island. In a presse release, they write: For one more time on thursday 1/7/2010 50 refugees where transported from the detention center of samos to be deported. They where transferred [...]]]></description>
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