Frontex hosts workshop on return operations as part of IPAII project Frontex hosts workshop on return operations as part of IPAII project 2017-06-01 This week, Frontex is holding a three-day workshop for representatives of six Western Balkan countries to share best practices for non-voluntary return operations. The event, taking place at the agency’s Warsaw headquarters, is organised as part of the Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management in the Western Balkans and Turkey (IPAII) project. Read more
Call for Extended Abstracts for Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics Call for Extended Abstracts for Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics 2017-05-30 Frontex will hold a Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move technology for border management on 28-29 September 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. Read more
Frontex Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017 Frontex Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics on the move 2017 2017-05-30 Frontex has the pleasure to invite industry representatives to showcase innovative technologies for border checks during the Conference on Biometrics on the move on 28-29 September in Warsaw, Poland. Read more
Three-day long coast guard exercise takes place in Troia, Portugal Three-day long coast guard exercise takes place in Troia, Portugal 2017-05-26 Representatives from 20 European countries with sea borders joined Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, along with officials from the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Portugal to move forward with the cooperation on European coast guard functions. Read more
People smuggling in the Central Mediterranean People smuggling in the Central Mediterranean 2017-05-22 People smuggling in Africa is a major criminal operation that collects billions of euros every year from desperate people. Most depart from Libya and attempt to cross the Central Mediterranean, which is the currently the main entry point for migrants into the EU. Read more
Arrival of migrants in April: Italy higher than year ago, numbers in Greece drop Arrival of migrants in April: Italy higher than year ago, numbers in Greece drop 2017-05-16 There were more than 14 100 detections of illegal border crossings on the three main migratory routes into the EU in April, 2% higher than the number of detections from the previous month. The total number of detections in the first four months of 2017 fell 84% from the same period of last year to almost 47 000, even though Italy continued to see numbers higher than a year ago. Read more