Further to our conversation on the phone on 9 December 2020, and your subsequent communication to obtain similar datasets also for the year 2014, your application Application 9. Year 2015 Based on "incident level records" in combination with JORA variables for migrant boat interceptions under Operations Triton, Themis, Sopand Irini (2014-2020) in Microsoft Excel or CSV format. Operation/Year Detection date Search and rescue involved Incidents Total number of irregular migrants Death cases Irregular migrants in SAR cases Type of detected by Latitude detection Longitude detection Latitude interception Longitude interception I note your arguments in your confirmatory application 1 In accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43). Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01

(1) I was wondering about two requested fields that are missing: the detection date, and the country/place of departure. Would it be possible to obtain these fields? It is not clear to me that they fall within "specificities of the operational area" or "technical equipment" and they would be very helpful for the analysis. (2) As noted, I have modeled my request on a previously successful request by Giacomo Battiston. Comparing the data I have received with the data that was previously released, I noticed that the incidents included are a close but not perfect match. For example, on July 11 2017, I see that both datasets include incidents [201762, 201767, 202033, 202090] but that the recent release does not include incidents [404069, 808841, 1010416, or 1212768]. I was wondering if you have any insights into how the discrepancy arose, just for my own understanding? (3) I also wanted to ask about the interactions between the "transport type" variable and the "number of transport means" variable. Specifically, there are e.g. records of wooden boats with 0 and 21 transport means. How should these be interpreted? In the former case, isn't the boat a transport means? In the latter, does this mean that there were 21 wooden boats involved in the incident? Thanks again for any clarifications you can offer. (4) Similarly, how should I interpret incidents in which the "Total number of irregular migrants" is 0? And, am I correct in my understanding that this count excludes the number of dead persons (reported in a separate column)? For which you further clarified Regarding point (1) - request for detection date and country/place of departure, if possible, I would like to request a confirmatory review. As noted above, it don't believe they fall within the redacted categories ("specificities of the operational area" or "technical equipment") and they would be very helpful for the analysis. If necessary, a list of incident IDs with the month and year of detection (in lieu of full date) and a binary indicator for whether the ship departed from Libya (in lieu of precise departure country) would also be useful, though the more granular details would be preferable. Regarding points (2)-(4), I believe I have figured out point (2) - I think this is an anomaly of how the data is aggregated. However, if it would be possible to forward on questions (3) and (4) that would be much appreciated. In regard to your point 1, in addition to the already released variables for which the exceptions as stated in our reply to your initial application continue to apply and do not form the subject of this confirmatory application, please find attached a document which also contains extractable information regarding the two variables based on the already extracted document spanning the years 2014 to 2019. Kindly understand that interpretations concerning points 3 and 4 (apart from what has already been made available to you in the reply to your initial application) cannot be subject to a reconsideration of our position under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. Please be reminded that the copyright of the document/s rests with Frontex and making these works available to third parties in this or another form without prior authorisation of Frontex is prohibited. Please also note that Frontex does not assume liability stemming from the use of the document/s. Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01

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