On 21 July 2025, the Independent Fundamental Rights Officer of Frontex (FRO) released its 2024 Annual Report.

The Annual Report presents the Officer's monitoring activities at the external borders and in third countries, activities related to returns, accountability mechanisms, and reports on incidents involving the use of force. It also covers the Officer's advisory functions, cooperation, training, and capacity building activities. The priorities for 2025 are outlined in a final chapter.

In terms of numbers, the Fundamental Rights Officer spent around 1850 days on monitoring missions in 24 countries in 2024. In addition, over 200 return operations were monitored. More than 50 serious incident reports were launched, and 500 on-site days were devoted to delivering training on fundamental rights. Of the 84 complaints received in 2024, only one complaint was declared admissible and forwarded to the relevant Member State’s authorities for further handling as well as to the Frontex Executive Director for his information.