IV. Frontex’s Enforcement Role in Greece Even though Frontex is not formally a decision maker, in practice it appears that guest officers deployed with Frontex were indeed making de facto decisions on the ground in Evros as they were involved in extensive activities, including the apprehension of migrants and in making nationality-determination recommendations that were, in effect, rubberstamped by the Greek authorities. Apprehensions A principal purpose of the RABIT deployment was to enhance Greece’s capacity to control its land border with Turkey. Assisting Greece to apprehend undocumented migrants was one of the central ways that Frontex contributed to this goal. This included the deployment of 175 guest border guards as well as providing Greek police with equipment, funding, and advice on enforcement tasks. View of the Feres detention center from the balcony where RABIT border guards were taking their break. © 2010 Human Rights Watch THE EU’S DIRTY HANDS 38