Frontex publishes Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC) Report Frontex publishes Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC) Report 2016-01-28 The 2015 Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC) Joint Report analyses the irregular migratory movements affecting AFIC countries and EU Member States, cross-border criminality and provides an overview of the main regional security threats affecting the countries in the community. Read more
Frontex seeking external experts Frontex seeking external experts 2016-01-26 Frontex is setting up a database of external experts that will allow candidates to apply to work for the agency on specific projects or activities. Read more
Greece and Italy continued to face unprecedented number of migrants in December Greece and Italy continued to face unprecedented number of migrants in December 2016-01-22 Thousands of migrants continued to arrive in Greece and Italy in December despite difficult weather conditions, bringing the total number of detections in the two countries to 1.04 million in all of 2015. This is nearly five times the figure from the previous year. Read more
Frontex starts talks on a working arrangement with authorities in Kosovo* Frontex starts talks on a working arrangement with authorities in Kosovo* 2016-01-21 Frontex Deputy Executive Director Berndt Körner met with Kosovo’s Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni on Wednesday to launch negotiations on a working arrangement between the agency and Kosovar authorities. Read more
FRAN Quarterly – Three indicators at record highs in Q3 FRAN Quarterly – Three indicators at record highs in Q3 2016-01-20 Three FRAN indicators – detections of illegal border-crossing between border crossing points, detections of illegal stay and asylum applications – surged in the third quarter of 2015 to reach their highest levels ever recorded. This was in large part related to the unprecedented number of migrants arriving on the Greek islands in 2015. Read more
Frontex publishes analysis of borders in the Western Balkans for Q3 Frontex publishes analysis of borders in the Western Balkans for Q3 2016-01-19 More than 610 000 illegal border crossings by migrants from outside the region were reported at the Western Balkan common and regional borders in the third quarter of 2015. Read more
