Update on Central Mediterranean Route Update on Central Mediterranean Route 2013-10-04 The migrants arriving in Italy and Malta mostly use wooden fishing boats which are often overcrowded and thus prone to sinking or capsizing in high-sea conditions and are often ill-equipped with poor engines and navigation systems; two factors contributing to the risk to life. As a result of these practices, tens of thousands of people become the subject of search-and-rescue (SAR) in the Mediterranean every year. Frontex operations took part in almost 900 SAR cases off Europe’s southern borders between 2011 and 2013, affecting almost 50,000 people in distress. Read more
To the rescue... To the rescue... 2013-10-02 I felt that my feet were wet. I didn’t think much of it at first. Then there was shouting. Two men started fighting. I didn’t know what was happening.” Samuel, 23, is an Eritrean migrant in Lampedusa. “Half an hour later, the water was over my feet. People were using everything they had to get the water out. Women were crying. Even men were crying. Some were praying. I was praying. I really thought I was going to die.” Read more
Conference on the European System of Border Guards Conference on the European System of Border Guards 2013-07-22 Frontex, in association with the Academy of European Law (ERA) is pleased to announce the upcoming conference “The Feasibility of a European System of Border Guards (ESBG): A Practitioners Perspective.” The event will be held in Warsaw between the 28-29th October, 2013 and will gather together various agency and departmental stakeholders as well as representatives from national border authorities across Europe. Together, they will debate the merits such a system would entail as well as its practical/legal obstacles. Read more
Workshop on Innovation in Border Control 2013 Workshop on Innovation in Border Control 2013 2013-07-04 Frontex in association with the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (Borders) at the University of Arizona (USA), invites you to participate in the Workshop on Innovation in Border Control 2013. The event will be held in Uppsala (Sweden) on 13-14 August, 2013. Read more
2nd Global ABC Conference and Exhibition 2nd Global ABC Conference and Exhibition 2013-06-20 On 10-11 October 2013, Frontex and the European Commission (DG HOME and DG ENTR) will hold the 2nd Global Conference and Exhibition on future developments of Automated Border Control (ABC) in Warsaw, Poland. Read more
ABC Conference and Exhibition - Call for Extended Abstracts ABC Conference and Exhibition - Call for Extended Abstracts 2013-06-20 Frontex and the European Commission (DG HOME and DG ENTR) will hold the 2nd Global Conference and Exhibition on future developments of ABC in Warsaw on 10-11 October 2013. Read more
