On 23 May 2024, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its annual report for the year 2023. It outlines the Forum's main observations and recommendations shared with Frontex and its Management Board, with the aim of strengthening fundamental rights protection in Frontex activities. As a novelty, the 2023 report also contains an overview of the Frontex-related case law of the CJEU, decisions adopted by the European Ombudsman in relation to Frontex’s activities, and the activities of the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG). Key activities of the Consultative Forum in 2023 included the following:

• The submission of an opinion to the European Commission concerning the 2022-2023 evaluation of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation;
• Advice on the identification of vulnerable persons in Frontex’s VEGA operations;
• Visits to Frontex operations in Italy and Serbia;
• Fundamental rights advice on the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS).