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Frontex Executive Director visits Poland’s border with Belarus

Frontex Executive Director visits Poland’s border with Belarus

2021-10-04

Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri visited the Poland-Belarus border today with Polish Deputy Minister of Interior Bartosz Grodecki and Deputy Commander of the Border Guard, General Grzegorz Niemiec, to review Poland’s response to the current situation at its border.

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Frontex Executive Director visits Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport

Frontex Executive Director visits Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport

2021-10-01

On 30 September, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri traveled to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to meet with a team of Frontex standing corps officers who are supporting the Netherlands with return-related activities and border management.

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144 people smugglers arrested in Frontex-led operation

144 people smugglers arrested in Frontex-led operation

2021-09-29

On 3-13 September, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, led an international operation against serious and organised cross-border crime in Central and South Eastern Europe together with Austrian authorities.

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Migratory situation at EU’s borders in August: Detections on the rise

Migratory situation at EU’s borders in August: Detections on the rise

2021-09-14

The number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders in the first eight months of 2021 reached over 103 630, 64% more than the total from a year ago when various COVID-19 restrictions were in place, according to preliminary calculations.

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Technology Foresight on Biometrics: Progress update

Technology Foresight on Biometrics: Progress update

2021-08-31

Recently, two new steps of the ongoing Technology Foresight on Biometrics project have been successfully completed.

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First Frontex fundamental rights office report

First Frontex fundamental rights office report

2021-08-27

Frontex has just published the first annual report describing the activities of its fundamental rights office (FRO).

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