.The EU border agency Frontex is unable to "fulfill its fundamental rights obligation" due to its reliance on EU member states when a migrant boat is in distress, EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly ...

The EU agency should be monitoring Greek borders, but when 750 people got into trouble at sea, it wasn’t there At the critical moment, Frontex wasn’t looking. Instead of being on location to offer ...

The European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has launched an investigation into Frontex’s role in search and rescue operations at sea, in a bid to shine a light on the EU border agency's response to a series ...

MEPs and the EU Council have agreed on a series of changes to the current mandate of Frontex, the EU’s external border agency set up in 2004. Frontex will designate a fundamental rights officer and ...

We are grateful for this opportunity to contribute to your own-initiative inquiry into the role of Frontex in search-and-rescue operations. This submission will address 1) general considerations with ...

The EU's border agency, Frontex, is suspending operations in Hungary. "The head of Frontex has already made up his mind and will suspend all activities in Hungary," an EU official told EUobserver on ...

NGOs which rescue people in the sea off Libya are working ineffectively with security agencies and encouraging traffickers. That’s the opinion of the head of the EU border agency Frontex. The comments ...

For too long, the European Union external borders agency, Frontex, has operated as though border enforcement and human rights were two competing principles. But an EU border agency that guarantees ...

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine have signed a grant agreement worth 12 million euros to support Ukrainian border officers in ...

Frontex has expanded its patrol operation to the Aegean Sea where it continues to face massive migratory pressure in 2015, the EU border agency announced on Tuesday. The joint operations of Frontex ...