Search and filter

News Guide

Region
Foundations
Institutions 1 selected
Specific Areas of Crime
Procedural Criminal Law
Cooperation

Publication

Year
Type
Clear all

News

160 results

Frontex Fundamental Rights Officer: Annual Report for 2021 
28 July 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of June 2022, Frontex's Fundamental Rights Officer released the Annual Report for the year 2021. The report provides an overview of the activities carried out by the Fundamental Rights Office in the last year; it also includes the Fundamental Rights Monitors. Read more
EU Frontex
Frontex Signed Working Arrangement with EUCAP Sahel Niger 
28 July 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 17 July 2022, Frontex and the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) signed a Working Arrangement to increase their cooperation regarding migration and broader security, including the fight against criminal networks. It will also promote integrated border management standards and improve awareness and risk analysis. Read more
EU Frontex
Frontex Executive Director Resigns 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 29 April 2022, Frontex Executive Director Fabricio Leggeri resigned following a series of events that included criticism by MEPs accusing the Agency of failing to protect the human rights of asylum seekers, allegations of the Agency’s involvement in illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers, and … Read more
EU Frontex
Joint Reintegration Services Launched 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of April 2022, for the first time, Frontex started supporting Member States in providing reintegration measures to migrants returned to their countries of origin. These measures include a number of services such as support with long-term housing, medical assistance, job counselling, education, … Read more
EU Frontex
Electronic System Against Document Fraud Launched 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 1 April 2022, Frontex and Interpol launched a new system to detect document fraud. The Frontex-INTERPOL Electronic Library Document System (FIELDS) is designed to display original and genuine documents and the main forgeries detected on that type of document. The information on travel … Read more
EU Frontex
Working Arrangement with EASA Signed 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 25 March 2022, Frontex and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) signed a working arrangement to establish a framework for closer cooperation between the two agencies.Under the arrangement, the agencies will exchange operational experience. Furthermore, they may conduct joint capacity building and … Read more
EU Frontex
Joint Operation Moldova Launched 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 17 March 2022, the European Union and the Republic of Moldova signed a Status Agreement regarding operational activities carried out by Frontex. The agreement lays down the basis for increased deployment of Frontex teams in Moldova. On 21 March 2022, Frontex and the Moldavian … Read more
EU Ukraine conflict Frontex
Financial Investigations in Relation to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 11 April 2022, Europol together with EU Member States, Eurojust and Frontex launched Operation Oskar, an umbrella operation comprising several investigations in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Operation Oskar supports the freezing of criminal assets owned by individuals and entities that … Read more
EU Ukraine conflict Europol Eurojust Frontex
Frontex Discharge Decision Postponed 
27 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of March 2022, the Budget Control Committee of the European Parliament postponed the decision on the 2020 accounts of Frontex. Reasons given were the alleged failure to fulfil the conditions set out in the European Parliament’s previous discharge report (→ news of … Read more
EU Frontex
First Frontex-led Return Operation 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 25 January, Frontex conducted the first return operation which was fully initiated and organised by the Agency. Read more
EU Frontex
Joint Operation Terra 2022 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of February 2022, Frontex launched a new operation at the EU’s external land border. Triggered by the increasing migratory movements along the EU’s external land borders, “Operation Terra 2022” is supposed to help EU Member States in the fight against migrant smuggling, … Read more
EU Frontex
New Register of Public Documents Launched 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of March 2022, Frontex launched a new register of public documents. This is an online library containing public documents produced by the Agency since its foundation in 2004. The register can be searched by categories and subcategories, language, publication dates and … Read more
EU Frontex
Frontex' Support to Member States Neighbouring Ukraine 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of March 2022, Frontex started assisting Romanian authorities in processing the number of people crossing the border from Ukraine in the wake of the Russian war and perform other border control-related tasks, if needed. Hence, the Agency sent about 150 officers, 45 … Read more
EU Frontex
Operation “Finestra” at EU’s Eastern Borders 
17 January 2022
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
Between 27 September and 8 October 2021, various EU and national law enforcement agencies cracked down on transnational crime at the EU’s eastern and south-eastern land borders. The joint action days code-named “Finestra” were led by Frontex and the Romanian authorities. They also involved OLAF, … Read more
EU Frontex Organised Crime
JHA Agencies Publish Joint Report on THB 
15 January 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 18 October 2021, the nine European Justice and Home Affairs Agencies (CEPOL, EASO, EIGE, EMCDDA, eu-LISA, Europol, FRA, Frontex, and Eurojust) – under the leadership of Eurojust – presented their first joint report on the identification and protection of victims of human trafficking. The … Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Frontex Trafficking in Human Beings Victim Protection
Digitalisation of Migrant Smuggling 
13 January 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of September 2021, Frontex and Europol finalized a joint Report dedicated to the digitalisation of migrant smuggling. The report looks at the development of digital tools and services that enable all stages of migrant smuggling, such as advertising, recruitment, communication, guidance, and … Read more
EU Frontex