News

Management Board updates

107/161

Frontex expresses deepest condolences after Nice attacks

Frontex expresses deepest condolences after Nice attacks

2016-07-15

Frontex is deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attack on innocent people in Nice on a day France celebrated freedom and liberty – values shared by all Europeans.

Read more

The role of Frontex in search and rescue

The role of Frontex in search and rescue

2016-07-07

International law obliges all captains of vessels to provide assistance to any persons found in distress at sea. SAR is also a specific objective of the operational plan of every Frontex joint maritime operation. For this reason, vessels deployed by Frontex to an operational area are always ready to provide support to the national authorities in SAR operations.

Read more

Frontex welcomes European Parliament vote on European Border and Coast Guard

Frontex welcomes European Parliament vote on European Border and Coast Guard

2016-07-06

Frontex welcomes today’s vote by the European Parliament on the regulation that will create the European Border and Coast Guard Agency on the foundation laid by Frontex, which has helped to coordinate cooperation at the EU’s external borders for more than a decade.

Read more

Frontex publishes analysis for Eastern Partnership for Q1

Frontex publishes analysis for Eastern Partnership for Q1

2016-07-04

In the first quarter of 2016, 840 cases of illegal border-crossing between border crossing points were reported by the Eastern Partnership Risk Analysis Network member countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).

Read more

German helicopter deployed by Frontex helped in arrest of suspected drug smugglers

German helicopter deployed by Frontex helped in arrest of suspected drug smugglers

2016-07-01

A German police helicopter taking part in Frontex-coordinated operation Triton contributed to the arrest of two suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Albania earlier this week.

Read more

Frontex publishes analysis for Western Balkans for Q1

Frontex publishes analysis for Western Balkans for Q1

2016-07-01

In the first quarter of 2016, the number of illegal border-crossings by migrants travelling from Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria dropped 84% from the previous three months to 215 000. The fall became more pronounced in February and March, when coordinated restriction measures were introduced at regional level

Read more

107/161