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Frontex Pledges to Boost Assistance to Greece, Croatia in Border Control

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Frontex Pledges to Boost Assistance to Greece, Croatia in Border Control

23:09 GMT 26.10.2015

© AP Photo / British Forces CyprusIn this photo released by the British Forces in Cyprus on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, British soldiers stand and talk with two of the 114 migrants at the British air forces in Akrotiri near southern coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus.

In this photo released by the British Forces in Cyprus on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, British soldiers stand and talk with two of the 114 migrants at the British air forces in Akrotiri near southern coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus. - Sputnik International

EU border agency Frontex pledged to strengthen operations at Greek borders with Macedonia and Albania, as well as boost its presence at Croatia’s border with Serbia, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said in a statement Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Leggeri, the agency will assist in the process of identification of migrants, comprising registration and fingerprinting.

"Frontex will launch additional operations in Greece, Croatia and Bulgaria to manage the EU external borders in a more coordinate manner. The agency stands ready to help EU Member States to manage these unprecedented migration flows together," Leggeri said.

A man walks after Turkish police forces blocked migrants and refugees on a highway near Edirn during their march to the border between Turkey and Greece

The European Union is currently managing a massive refugee crisis, as hundreds of thousands of people flee conflict-torn regions in Syria, seeking asylum within the bloc. According to Frontex, over 480,000 refugees have arrived in Greece alone since the beginning of 2015.

Frontex aims at coordinating and developing EU border management, including providing EU member states with assistance.