Fourteen employees of the Royal Military Police (RMP) and two employees of the Rotterdam Seaport Police are participating in border control units for the Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams in Alexandroupolis and Orestiada / Greece starting on November 2, 2010. These 16 will be replaced by December 1, 2010 by other Dutch rabits.
Operation Poseidon
Dutch bordergards of the RMP were already active this year in border controls at the Greek islands from September 1 to October 20, 2010 within the frame of Frontex Poseidon 2010 (following dutch contribution in Poseidon 2008 and 2009). The Special Security Missions Brigade of the RMP included a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) for border control in
the Greek island of Samos. In addition, and together with the Rotterdam Seaport Police, expertise was provided for checking documents and interviewing illegal aliens. From January to September 15, 2010 an aircraft of the Dutch Coast Guard participated in Poseidon 2010. On
board were two RMP air observers who – working from the island of Kos – were observing the border region and passing on details to the Greek Coastguard.
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