According to operational data gathered during the deployment of the Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABIT), Frontex estimates that at the end of November 2010 there has been an overall decrease of 43,7% in the number of irregular migrants intercepted  at the Greek-Turkish land border. These figures show a positive result of the first deployment of RABIT Teams since the creation of Frontex.

The EU Agency for operational cooperation between Member States in the field of border security, Frontex has reported a significant decrease in the number of person who crossed the Greek-Turkish border in November in comparison to the previous month, when the the highest number of arrivals for the year was registered. On October there were 7586 persons detected at the Greek-Turkish land border and as of 29 November 4270 had crossed it.

Although these figures are positive, Frontex officials pointed out that some other factors should be taken into account before measuring actual results of the operation, such as seasonal fluctuations, bad weather conditions or other reasons.

Following the request made by Greek authorities in October, 175 guest officers were sent to Greece by Frontex to take part in this operation under the command and control of the Greek authorities. These officers have been mainly working on patrolling border hot spots and assisting Greece in screening and interviewing, with the aim to determine the nationality of the undocumented persons as well as collecting information about the people-smuggling networks who are behind them.

Since 2 June, over 33,000 irregular migrants have been detected crossing the Greek-Turkish land border. The largest group (47%) come from Afghanistan. The next largest groups were from Algeria (17%), Pakistan (8%), Somalia (7%) and Iraq (5%). Only a few of those detected consider Greece as their final destination, and the vast majority intend to move on to other European countries with the UK, France, Germany or Italy being the main destinations.