ANNUAL POLICY REPORT 2012 related Presidential Decree is under public consultation. This center should start operating until 01.10.2013 according to the draft regulation EUROSUR of the EU Council. B. Operations Center of Land Borders The Aliens Directorate at the Headquarters of the Hellenic Police, as the authority responsible for monitoring the external land borders of Greece, as well as carrying out checks on persons crossing the designated land, sea and air border crossings points operating on borders, provided for the creation of an Operational center aiming at the following: - Coordination of the operational cooperation between the competent services of the Hellenic Police to address combat against illegal immigration, control the movement of persons and repatriation of aliens and any other activity related to illegal immigration and residence in Greece. - Regular and effective communication among centers of operations of coresponsible authorities nationwide, and Frontex. - To develop and strengthen, where it exists, cooperation with third countries, in particular the neighbouring ones. - Development and dissemination of analysis outputs of strategic and operational nature. - Monitoring of training of personnel involved in the control of external borders. The Center was officially launched on November 11th , 2011. After the recent strengthening of the Centre with additional staff and given that it serves as the International Coordinating Center of the Joint Operation POSEIDON 2012, it operates 24 hours a day. C. Local Operation Centers of the Land Borders Local operational centers have been established within local police departments in Alexandroupolis and Orestiada which are connected to the Central Operations Center for the land borders (at the Aliens Directorate of the Police Headquarters), tasked with information analysis and providing guidance on appropriate strategies. D. Land Border Monitoring Center of N.Vyssas On 6th January 2012 the land border Monitoring Center of the Orestiada Police Department has been launched. This center operates in New Vyssa and receives images in real-time from the monitoring system covering the land borders between Greece and Turkey, which are then transmitted to the Operational Centre at the Aliens Directorate of the Police Headquarters. E. First Instance Management Center of illegal immigrants of Poros In the area of Poros (Evros) a Center already operates for screening purposes, ie identification of the nationality of illegal immigrants arrested throughout the area of responsibility of the Police Directorate of Alexandroupolis. In this center (former military installations) there are Hellenic Police experts on screening, as well as Hellenic and foreign police experts on debriefing. Additionally, there are 20