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
First batch of ETIAS Central Unit operators graduate First batch of ETIAS Central Unit operators graduate 2022-01-28 The first batch of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) Central Unit operators graduated today after completing a three-month training course. Read more
51 kg of cocaine seized in Frontex-led operation 51 kg of cocaine seized in Frontex-led operation 2022-01-26 Frontex led an EU-wide action against synthetic drug smuggling and illegal migration at the EU external air borders. Read more
EU external borders in 2021: Arrivals above pre-pandemic levels EU external borders in 2021: Arrivals above pre-pandemic levels 2022-01-11 According to preliminary figures collected by Frontex, the total number of illegal border-crossings in 2021 was just short of 200 000, the highest number since 2017. Read more
