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Frontex statement following the conclusions of the Extraordinary Management Board meeting

Frontex statement following the conclusions of the Extraordinary Management Board meeting

2022-05-02

Aija Kalnaja, Deputy Executive Director for standing corps, will lead Frontex until the agency’s Management Board appoints the Executive Director ad interim. Frontex will continue to provide operational support at EU’s borders and beyond in full compliance with fundamental rights

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Q1 illegal border crossings into EU highest since 2016

Q1 illegal border crossings into EU highest since 2016

2022-04-14

The first quarter of this year was the busiest in terms of illegal border crossings at the EU’s external borders since the migratory crisis in 2016. Refugees fleeing Ukraine and entering the EU through border crossing points are not part of the figures of illegal entries detected. Preliminary calculations by Frontex show that more than 40 300* illegal crossings were detected between January and March of 2022, 57% more than a year ago.

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Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri took part in the DELPHI Economic Forum

Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri took part in the DELPHI Economic Forum

2022-04-10

"The DELPHI Economic Forum is an excellent place to address emerging challenges, one of which is the challenge of migration into the EU. This challenge, as Greece knows all too well, includes the exploitation of the desperation of people seeking to reach the European Union."

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Fabrice Leggeri: “We are concerned about human trafficking and gun smuggling”

Fabrice Leggeri: “We are concerned about human trafficking and gun smuggling”

2022-04-06

Frontex Executive Director gave an interview to the Greek newspaper ‘’To Vima’’ and talked about the risks of increased trafficking of human beings and gun smuggling that come with the war in Ukraine.

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Frontex starts support for Member States with Joint Reintegration Services

Frontex starts support for Member States with Joint Reintegration Services

2022-04-05

For the first time in its history, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, starts supporting the Member States in providing reintegration measures to migrants returned to their countries of origin.

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Frontex and INTERPOL launch a platform for document checks

Frontex and INTERPOL launch a platform for document checks

2022-04-01

Today, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri visited INTERPOL to launch Frontex-INTERPOL Electronic Library Document System (FIELDS).

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