Meet Frontex Officers 2018-03-07 Every year, Frontex deploys thousands of officers to different external borders of the EU. They come from different Member States and have various tasks: some are border surveillance officers, while others are fingerprinting and registration experts or debriefing experts. Here, we introduce different officers who have been deployed in our operations, and let them explain their work. FINGERPRINTING AND REGISTRATION EXPERTS Frontex assists Member States with identifying and registering all ... Read more
Support Officer 2018-01-15 Meet Isaac, the Frontex Support Officer helping to integrate police officers from all over Europe.Isaac provides Frontex with expert support in operations at the EU’s external borders, helping to ensure they run smoothly and safely. A Spanish Border Coordinator, Isaac is on his second Frontex deployment. He was first sent to Romania as an Advanced Level Document Officer, helping to check the travel and identity documents of newly arrived migrants. This time round, he’s joined Operation Triton ... Read more
ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants 2015-01-02 Today at approximately 5 am the Icelandic vessel ICGV Týr deployed by Frontex within the framework of joint operation Triton received a request from the Italian Coast Guard to assist some 450 migrants aboard a freighter, which was proceeding towards the Italian coast on autopilot after having been abandoned by the crew. Among those in need of assistance are women (some pregnant) and about 60 children. The interception of the vessel by the Icelandic OPV took place 44 nautical miles south of ... Read more
Frontex helps save 3 400 migrants off Libyan coast last week 2015-08-25 Vessels and aircraft participating in the Frontex-coordinated operation Triton helped save nearly 3 400 of the 5 300 migrants rescued last week off the Libyan coast. Most of the people were rescued in 27 operations over the weekend (Friday-Sunday), one of the busiest three-day periods since the operation was launched in November 2014. The migrants, who came mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa, made distress calls to the Italian authorities shortly after leaving the Libyan coast. Most of them ... Read more
Executive Director visits the premises of the EU Regional Task Force in Catania 2015-06-26 On 26 June, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri, together with Giovanni Pinto, Director for Immigration and Border Police and the Deputy Director of Europol, Wil van Gemert, visited the premises offered by the Italian authorities to host the EU Regional Task Force in Catania, Sicily.During the visit, Fabrice Leggeri signed an exchange of letters with Italian Ministry of Interior and the Municipality of Catania related to the use of the building.The new premises have been set up as part ... Read more
Dramatic rescue operation off the coast of Libya - 29 dead 2015-02-10 On Monday night a rubber boat with 106 sub-Saharan migrants was rescued by the Italian Coast Guard, which conducted a dramatic search and rescue operation 120 NM from Lampedusa. 29 people, including three minors, died of hypothermia. On Sunday, February 8th at 13:00, the Maritime Search and Rescue Authority in Rome received a distress call from migrants on board of a rubber boat 120 NM from Lampedusa (40 NM from Tripoli). The Italian authorities immediately dispatched four patrol boats - two of ... Read more
Frontex launching new operation in Central Med 2018-02-01 Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is launching a new operation in the Central Mediterranean to assist Italy in border control activities.The new Joint Operation Themis will begin on 1 February and will replace operation Triton, which was launched in 2014. Operation Themis will continue to include search and rescue as a crucial component. At the same time, the new operation will have an enhanced law enforcement focus. Its operational area will span the Central Mediterranean ... Read more
European External Action Service The European External Action Service (EEAS) is an important partner for the agency in all its international cooperation activities, in close coordination with the European Commission. Regular staff-to-staff meetings, as well as exchange at the Executive level, help to ensure that Frontex cooperation activities outside of the EU go hand-in-hand with the Union’s foreign and security policy. Frontex relieson the expertise and support of the EEAS and works closely with EU Delegations and Common... Read more
Third Annual Report of Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published 2016-04-26 The third Annual Report of the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Consultative Forum in 2015. Among its various activities, the Consultative Forum has observed trainings, visited Joint Operation Triton, initiated a study on gender mainstreaming in Frontex and participated in Joint Operation VEGA Children. The report also presents the views and recommendations shared with Frontex and its Management Board on fundamental right ... Read more
Frontex hosts 1st European Coast Guard Cooperation Network Meeting 2016-11-08 Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is hosting the first European Coast Guard Cooperation Network Meeting in Warsaw on 8-10 November to highlight the new agency’s expanded role in the maritime arena. Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri and EFCA Executive Director Pascal Savouret The gathering brings together representatives of more than 40 different national authorities of EU member states, including coast guards, navies, border police, customs and maritime authorities. ... Read more