Frontex teams up with EUNAVFOR Med and Europol to track down cross-border crime 2018-07-05 The Crime Information Cell – “Pilot Project” Bridging internal and external security of EUToday, 5 July 2018, a Crime Information Cell has been activated on board EUNAVFOR Med operation Sophia Task Force operating in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Following the EU Council decision adopted 14 May, five specialised personnel from EU agencies Europol, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and EUNAVFOR Med have been embarked on board of Flagship of EUNAVFOR Med operation Sophia, ... Read more
Executive Profiles Aija Kalnaja Acting Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director for Standing Corps Management Aija Kalnaja, the Deputy Executive Director for Standing Corps Management, is currently deputising for the vacant position of Executive Director as from April, 29 2022. Before taking up the position of Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Kalnaja worked as the Director of Capacity Building Division, where she was responsible for pooling and manging the necessary capabilities from Member States and the... Read more
AFIC 2015 2016-01-28 Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/AFIC/AFIC_report_2015.pdf (5.7 MB) Legal travel channels to the EU available for most West Africans are quite narrow. Some AFIC countries have visa rejection rates close to 50%. This high rate indicates that irregular migratory movements from the AFIC region to the EU are largely perceived as economic migration by consular authorities in the EU. When measured in terms of the number of refusals of entry issued per 1 000 passengers, flights ... Read more
Frontex publishes Risk Analysis for 2016 2016-04-05 Last year, an estimated one million migrants arrived in Europe, accounting for the record number of 1.82 million detections of illegal border crossings reported by EU Member States. The number of detections was more than six times the previous record set in 2014. A large number of illegal crossings were made by people who were counted for the first time when arriving on the Greek islands from Turkey and later were counted again when crossing one of EU’s external borders in the Western Balkans. ... 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
Eastern Mediterranean Route Situation in 2021 In 2021, the number of arrivals to the EU via this route was 20 567, staying on the same level with the figures of the previous year. While detections of illegal border crossings continue to drop in Greece, Cyprus experienced significantly stronger migratory pressure compared to previous years as arrivals to its shores doubled to around 12 350 This increase was linked to a higher share of Africans among the detected migrants. Situation in 2020 The number detections of... Read more
Non-EU Countries Cooperation with non-EU countries is an integral part of the Frontex mandate to ensure implementation of the European integrated border management (IBM) and one of the strategic priorities for the agency’s work. Together with partners from outside of the EU, Frontex works to develop an increasingly connected global border management community that lives up to the highest standards for border management, coast guarding, law enforcement and return, guarantees the protection of fundamental... Read more
ARA 2017 2017-02-15 Files available for download Publications/Risk_Analysis/Annual_Risk_Analysis_2017.pdf (13.5 MB) In 2016, a drop in detections reported at the external borders with Turkey and Western Balkan countries led to an over all decrease in detections of illegal border-crossing at EU level. However, with over half a million detections (511 371), the figure is still significantly higher than any yearly total between 2010 (104 060) and 2014 (282 933). This means that the pressure on the external ... Read more
Wstęp Dwa lata temu agencja Frontex została wzmocniona i przekształcona w Europejską Agencję Straży Granicznej i Przybrzeżnej. Nowy mandat agencji oraz powiększone zasoby oznaczały, że Frontex stał się współodpowiedzialny za działania operacyjne na zewnętrznych granicach Unii Europejskiej oraz reagowanie na pojawiające się na nich wyzwania. Frontex to podstawowe narzędzie UE, którego celem jest ochrona przestrzeni wolności, bezpieczeństwa i sprawiedliwości. Agencja stała się też jednym z gwarantów... Read more
Einleitung Vor zwei Jahren wurde Frontex zur Europäischen Agentur für die Grenz- und Küstenwache ausgebaut und verstärkt. Das neue Mandat der Agentur und ihre verstärkten Ressourcen haben dazu beigetragen, Frontex zum operativen Arm der EU in ihrer Reaktion auf die an den Außengrenzen auftretenden Herausforderungen zu machen. Frontex spielt eine Schlüsselrolle bei den Bemühungen der EU, den Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts zu schützen und jenen Raum der Bewegungsfreiheit ohne... Read more