Latest Trends at external borders of the EU Latest Trends at external borders of the EU 2015-02-02 Although some data are still missing for De¬cember 2014, the number of detections of illegal border-crossing in 2014 as a whole to¬talled about 278 000. This is two and a half times larger than the year before (107 000) and twice as much as in 2011 (141 000) dur¬ing the initial stages of the Arab Spring. Read more
Fabrice Leggeri takes the helm at Frontex Fabrice Leggeri takes the helm at Frontex 2015-01-16 Today Fabrice Leggeri started his five-year term as the Frontex Executive Director.The top post at Frontex is a home coming of sort for Leggeri, who as a national expert detached to the European Commission took active part in drafting an EU document that was endorsed in 2002 Read more
Update: ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants Update: ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants 2015-01-03 At midnight the Icelandic coast guard vessel ICGV Týr brought the cargo vessel Ezadeen with 360 migrants on board to the southern Italian port of Corigliano Calabro. Read more
ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants ICGV Týr conducts search and rescue of 450 migrants 2015-01-02 Today at approximately 5 am the Icelandic vessel ICGV Týr deployed by Frontex within the framework of Triton operation received a request from the Italian Coast Guard to assist... Read more
Operation Triton – winter developments Operation Triton – winter developments 2014-12-24 Winter used to bring some respite for those agencies responsible for controlling Europe’s long Mediterranean borders. For each of the last ten years, irregular migration has slowed or even stopped in the run-up to Christmas, with the people smugglers largely confined to port by the rough seas. Not any more, it seems. Read more
France’s Fabrice Leggeri Appointed New Executive Director of Frontex France’s Fabrice Leggeri Appointed New Executive Director of Frontex 2014-11-26 Today Mr. Fabrice Leggeri was appointed new Frontex Executive Director during the 51st meeting of Frontex Management Board held at the Agency’s headquarters. Read more
