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    EU agencies meet on future activities of the European Coast Guard

    2018-04-12

    On 11-12 April 2018, the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) hosted the first European Annual Coast Guard event, which took place in La Toja, Spain. It was co-organised by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and brought together more than 120 participants including from the Member States’ national authorities responsible for the various coast guard functions and the European Commission.

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    Frontex analysis: Countering trafficking in human beings at EU’s borders

    2018-03-27

    Trafficking in human beings is one of the most profitable forms of organised crime, generating billions of euros for traffickers every year. Most of the victims of human trafficking in the EU come from Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly from countries in West Africa. They are mainly from poor areas with high levels of unemployment and illiteracy.

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    Frontex and Moldova sign new cooperation plan

    2018-03-26

    Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri and Fredolin Lecari, Head of the General Inspectorate of Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, signed a cooperation plan for the period from 2018 to 2020. The cooperation, which builds on a working arrangement signed in 2008, paves the way for improved exchange of information on migratory flows, the use of relevant data to combat cross border crime and initiatives to support technical assistance to the Moldovan authorities.

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    Migratory flows in February: Drop in Italy, stable in Greece and Spain

    2018-03-15

    In February, 3 400 irregular border crossings were detected on the four main migratory routes into the EU, down nearly three-quarters from the year-ago period. In the first two months of this year, the total number of irregular border crossings almost halved to 12 000, in large part due to lower migratory pressure on the Central Mediterranean route.

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