Tag: frontex

• Stranded at sea: A decade after EU’s migrant crisis, hundreds still dying in Mediterranean

  August 23, 2025

  Italy hailed a drop in irregular arrivals last year as proof its migration policies are working. One boat’s journey shows the dangers of the crackdown. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stranded-sea-decade-after-eus-migrant-crisis-hundreds-still-dying-mediterranean-2025-08-19/ more ›

• Europe’s Schengen Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Audit Says

  July 3, 2025

  An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and confidential… more ›

• All the thorny questions the EU needs to answer to make ‘return hubs’ a reality

  February 22, 2025

  The project of establishing “return hubs” for rejected asylum seekers faces a myriad of challenges, including potential conflicts with international law. The European Union must outsource parts of its migration… more ›

• Planning a model city for refugees, private investors propose a bold solution to the migration crisis

  February 22, 2025

  At first glance, it sounds like a utopian dream. A Swiss entrepreneur envisions a new Hong Kong – built for refugees. Yet behind the scenes, negotiations to secure land at… more ›

• Exclusive: EU Commission poised to propose migrant ‘return hubs’ in legislation

  February 4, 2025

  The European Commission is set to include so-called ‘return hubs’ located outside the bloc’s borders from which migrants can be returned to their home states in an upcoming legislative proposal to… more ›

• Spain wants border agency Frontex to patrol African seas to curb migration

  October 14, 2024

  MADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Spain’s Interior Minister on Thursday asked the European border agency Frontex to seek permission from African nations to patrol their waters in a bid to “save lives”… more ›

• Frontex and the pirate ship

  December 16, 2023

  The EU’s border agency Frontex and the Maltese government are systematically sharing coordinates of refugee boats trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia linked to Russia,… more ›

• Greece builds 40km fence to stop Afghan asylum seekers from entering Europe

  August 22, 2021

  Citizens’ protection minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said the extension to the existing 12.5km fence on its border with Turkey is complete and has been fitted with a hi-tech, automated electronic monitoring… more ›

• The Coming Afghan Refugee Crisis Is Only a Preview

  August 22, 2021

  Two developments over the past week are harbingers of a storm that may test Western democracy to destruction. First, the imminent collapse of the Afghan state risks sending a massive… more ›

• Allegations, lawsuits and damning reports: How Frontex became the most contentious EU agency

  August 1, 2021

  One of the EU’s largest and costliest agencies is facing an unprecedented crisis of confidence. https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/29/allegations-lawsuits-and-damning-reports-how-frontex-became-the-most-contentious-eu-agency more ›