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Frontex, EUAA, Europol and Italy use Lampedusa as a testing ground for a new screening process in view of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

Frontex, EUAA, Europol and Italy use Lampedusa as a testing ground for a new screening process in view of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

2025-10-27

From 13 to 24 October, Frontex, EUAA, Europol, and Italian authorities tested the EU’s new screening process on Lampedusa, a step toward implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum across the EU and Schengen-Associated countries from 12 June 2026.

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Seminar on Rights-Based Border Screening in the EU Pact Context

Seminar on Rights-Based Border Screening in the EU Pact Context

2025-10-21

The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights held a seminar titled “Ensuring fundamental rights compliant screening in the context of the implementation of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact”. The event was hosted in Venice, Italy, by the Global Campus of Human Rights.

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France, Belgium partner with Frontex on simulation exercise

France, Belgium partner with Frontex on simulation exercise

2025-10-20

From 30 September to 2 October 2025, authorities from France and Belgium partnered with Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, on a contingency-planning vulnerability assessment, yielding concrete results and reaffirming joint efforts to secure the EU’s external borders.

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Frontex signs working arrangement with the European Commission on cooperation with the Joint Research Centre to intensify collaboration in the area of research and innovation.

Frontex signs working arrangement with the European Commission on cooperation with the Joint Research Centre to intensify collaboration in the area of research and innovation.

2025-10-17

Frontex and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission have signed a new working arrangement to boost cooperation, share research, and develop innovative technologies, setting common standards to strengthen border management.

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New Reference Architecture Strengthens Europe’s Border Surveillance Systems

New Reference Architecture Strengthens Europe’s Border Surveillance Systems

2025-10-15

Frontex has launched the European Border Surveillance Reference Architecture, a practical guide to make border systems work better together. It helps border guards and planners alike by turning user needs into clear capabilities, improving coordination, and supporting stronger situational awareness.

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EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025

EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025

2025-10-10

Irregular entries into the European Union decreased 22% in the first nine months of 2025, reaching 133 400 according to preliminary data from Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

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