Home Department written question – answered at on 14 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance the UK has provided to Frontex operations in Greece in the last three years.
The information is as follows:
In 2010, the UK participated in:
Joint Operation Poseidon Land, which targets illegal migration on the land borders from Turkey to Greece; by deploying a debriefing expert with an interpreter for two months.
Joint Operation Poseidon Sea, which targets irregular migration by sea from Turkey to Greece; by deploying a debriefing expert with an interpreter for one month.
Pilot Project Attica, to increase the Greek authorities’ capabilities to return third country nationals with no right of stay in the EU; by deploying a returns liaison expert to Pilot Project Attica for two weeks.
In 2009, the UK participated in:
Joint Operation Poseidon, which targets illegal and irregular migration by land and sea from Turkey to Greece; by deploying a debriefing expert with an interpreter for 10 months.
In 2008, the UK participated in:
Joint Operation Poseidon, which targets illegal and irregular migration by land and sea from Turkey to Greece; by deploying an intelligence expert for one month, a detection technology expert for one month and a debriefing expert with an interpreter for one month.
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