Frontex New Premises Just Opened 2007-03-27 Today, 27 March, German Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schäuble on behalf of the EU Presidency and Commissioner Franco Frattini opened the new premises of Frontex in Warsaw. The Polish Minister of the Interior Janusz Kaczmarek, the Chairman of Frontex Management Board Minze A. Beuving, Members of Frontex Management Board, Ambassadors of EU Member States, representatives of international organizations and other partner bodies are among other important guests hosted by Frontex Executive ... Read more
Situation at External Border How does Frontex count the number of illegal border crossings? Frontex collects and processes data from Member States on the number of detections of illegal border crossings at the external borders of the Member States of the European Union. A person may attempt to cross the border irregularly several times either at the same or in different locations at the external border of the EU. How many irregular border crossings were recorded at EU’s borders in recent years? For the most recent... Read more
Frontex Operations What are the main Frontex operations? Some of the key Frontex operations include Joint Operation Themis (Italy), Joint Operation Poseidon Sea (Greece), Operations Indalo and Minerva (Spain), Western Balkans (Albania, Montenegro) and activities in Bulgaria and Hungary. How are Frontex operations coordinated? All operations coordinated by Frontex are intelligence-driven. They are based on a detailed risk analysis of the situation at the external borders, migratory trends, situation in the... Read more
WB ARA 2018 2018-08-07 Files available for download WB ARA (4.8 MB) The migration flow continued to decrease remaininglargely under control; coordination and cooperation remain crucial An array of response measures, ranging from coordinated enhancement of border-controls by the most affected countries to policy actions supported by the EU, introduced at the end of 2015 and maintained throughout 2016 and 2017, contributed to a marked reduction in the volume of the non-regional[1] migration flow observed in the Western ... Read more
WB ARA 2017 2017-07-25 Files available for download WB ARA 2017 (6.8 MB) Bringing the unprecedented migration flow back under control / coordination and cooperation remain crucial An array of response measures, ranging from coordinated enhancement of border-controls by the most affected countries to policy actions supported by the EU, contributed to a marked reduction in the volume of the non-regional1 migratory flow transiting the Eastern Mediterranean and subsequently the Western Balkans. Overall, on the Western ... Read more
Four seasons 2012-08-02 The Changing Seasons of Migration Greece has been making headlines this year. The country’s economic woes, its political struggles and tough negotiations in Brussels have all served to keep the spotlight firmly on the birthplace of democracy. But away from the front-page news and behind the economic and political headlines lie deeper social and cultural changes for Greek society. Still the main entry point to the EU for irregular migration, the country’s border with Turkey is under similar ... Read more
FRAN Q1 2012 2012-06-29 Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q1_2012.pdf (2.6 MB) Most irregular-migration indicators collected within the FRAN community decreased be-tween the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012. For instance, detections of illegal border-crossing continued to decline for the third successive quarter to the lowest level since data collection began. Most of this downward trend was due to changes at the sea border, whereas in contrast detections of illegal ... Read more