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Latest Frontex patrol harassed

A Turkish military radar on Tuesday reportedly issued a warning to a Latvian helicopter patrolling in the eastern Aegean -- part of the EU's Frontex programme to combat illegal immigration -- to leave the area.



According to a Hellenic Air Force announcement, the incident occurred as the Frontex helicopter -- identified as an Italian-made Agusta A109 -- was patrolling in Greek air space near the small isle of Farmakonissi, which lies on a favorite route used by migrant smugglers ferrying mostly Third World migrants into Greece and the EU from the opposite Turkish coastline.



The incident marks the latest provocation in the eastern Aegean by the Turkish military against EU craft participating in the Frontex programme.