26 results for "accountability"
The ETIAS Central Unit established within Frontex plays a crucial role in ensuring the functioning of ETIAS, as established by the Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 . The ETIAS Central Unit Division, which will be a critical infrastructure operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, consists of two units and two offices. The ETIAS Central Unit employs over 200 staff members. Roles and responsibilities Applications Processing Unit Verify applications from travellers which were subject to hits in EU...
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2023-02-28
The recent threats and challenges at our external frontiers tested the European Border and Coast Guard community in 2022. The war in Ukraine has transformed Europe and the way all of us see the Eastern borders, which until now have not experienced any events of this scale. This has first changed with the hybrid aggression by Belarus and was soon followed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which brought millions of refugees at the EU’s doorsteps and posed border management challenges for years to ...
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2025-06-03
Today, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, published its Annual Risk Analysis for 2025–2026, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and pressures at the European Union’s external borders. The report comes at a time of profound geopolitical uncertainty. With challenges stretching from the Eastern land borders to Africa, and new tactics used to challenge Europe’s unity, Frontex’s role has never been more vital: offering accurate, timely intelligence that empowers ...
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2021-10-20
The Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights[1] published its eighth annual report for the year 2020. The report outlines the main observations and recommendations that the Forum raised throughout the year with Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and its Management Board to strengthen fundamental rights protection in Frontex activities and increase accountability and transparency. The report outlines the state of play of internal and external fundamental rights ...
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The Screening Regulation states that Member States, when conducting screening, shall act in full compliance with relevant EU and international law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Particular attention must be paid to minors, including by providing information in a child-friendly and age-appropriate manner, and ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration during screening. Persons subjected...
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2025-07-21
Frontex’s Fundamental Rights Office (FRO) has published its 2024 Annual Report, offering a clear view of how rights are being protected at the EU’s external borders and where concerns remain. The report highlights how the Office is shaping operations by embedding rights protections into all areas of Frontex’s work, including returns, surveillance, and cooperation with national authorities. “Geopolitical tensions, war, unrest and natural disasters have been shaping the situation at Europe’s ...
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2025-11-17
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, brought together forced-return monitors from across the EU for their latest network meeting on 5-6 November 2025 in Warsaw. Participants discussed the current and future state of return monitoring and how to strengthen a return system that is humane, safe and respectful of fundamental rights. Forced-return monitoring is an essential tool to ensure that any return operation fully respects fundamental rights. It relies on objective, clearly ...
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2025-01-09
Magnus Brunner, the newly appointed European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, visited today the Warsaw headquarters of Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. During his first visit to Frontex, Commissioner Brunner met with Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens and the Agency's leadership team to discuss the evolving challenges at the EU’s external borders. Frontex continues to stand as a cornerstone of the EU’s border management strategy, alongside EU Member ...
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2025-07-11
Today, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, opened a new regional command office in Estonia. This marks a major step forward in how the EU manages its borders in Northern and Eastern Europe. The new offices will lead operations across eight countries: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden. It will serve as the command centre for Contingent 7, one of Frontex’s permanent field teams made up of officers from the Standing Corps, the EU’s uniformed ...
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