Frontex Executive Director visits Cyprus Frontex Executive Director visits Cyprus 2022-02-17 This week, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri visited Cyprus to meet with the Cypriot the Minister of Justice and Public Order, Minister of Interior and the Chief of Police. Read more
Situation at EU’s external borders in January: Lower pressure on Eastern border Situation at EU’s external borders in January: Lower pressure on Eastern border 2022-02-15 The number of illegal border crossings at EU’s external borders in the first month of 2022 reached 13 160, 78% more than in January 2021 and 23% more than in 2020, according to preliminary calculations. Read more
Call for Proposals for Specific Agreements for Specific Countries of Origin Call for Proposals for Specific Agreements for Specific Countries of Origin 2022-02-14 Frontex will soon start supporting Member States and Schengen Associated Countries in providing post-arrival and reintegration assistance to non-EU nationals returning to their countries of origin. Read more
Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri met Liaison Officers from Member States Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri met Liaison Officers from Member States 2022-02-08 Today, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri met Liaison Officers from Member States (MS LOs) deployed to the agency. Read more
Frontex launches new land operation Frontex launches new land operation 2022-02-04 Last week, Frontex launched a new operation at EU’s external land border. The activity – Joint Operation Terra 2022 – will take place across 12 EU Member States and cover 62 border crossing points. Read more
First Frontex-led return operation First Frontex-led return operation 2022-01-29 On 25 January, 40 Albanian citizens were returned to Tirana on a joint charter flight organised by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The flight started from Madrid and had a stopover in Rome. Read more