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Bulgaria inaugurated five new coast guard patrol vessels to guard the Black Sea border to EU as a measure to meet the requirements for accession to the Schengen Agreement. (…) All five new ships have been included in Bulgaria’s integrated … Continue reading →

For the first time since it was launched in 2004, Frontex, the Warsaw-based agency responsible for the EU’s external borders, has funded and organised its own charter flight to deport undocumented aliens. Le Monde reports that on 28 September, “in … Continue reading →

The Security and Defense Agenda thinktank organised a roundtable on ‘finetuning EU border policy’, in Brussels on September 29th. Key speaker was Ilkka Laitinen, Executive director of FRONTEX. Thirty activists disturbed the meeting of industrials, politicians, lobbyists and ‘independant’ experts. … Continue reading →

Today, unkown activists beautified the Frontex-Box on the Greek island of Samos. The Frontexplode-Campaign welcomes this action, but denys any responsibility. To say it with Ilkkas´ words: We are not responsible. We are just a coordinator! Read more

New version of the FRONTEX film: It also includes the actions against FRONTEX on the greek island of Lesvos and during their “birthday party” in Warsaw.

General Motors of the European Army and Border Surveillance (EABS) says „Thank you“ to the space researchers at the COSPAR 2010 in Bremen. COSPAR is a big meeting of up to 3000 space researchers from all over the world that … Continue reading →

In 2009, there was a significant decrease in illegal migration at the EU external borders compared to 2008. This decreasing trend was the result of two factors: firstly, employment opportunities, which are the main pull factor for illegal migration to … Continue reading →

Press release: For one more time on thursday 1/7/2010 50 refugees where transported for the detention center of samos to be deported. They where transferred to the center of Aspropyrgos without having been informed that they will be transferred or … Continue reading →

On 5th of may 2010 a Frontex deportation charter left with some 40/50 migrants from Rotterdam Airport to Lagos/Nigeria and Cameroon. Next to the Netherlands (organizing country) three other EU countries took part: Germany, Belgium and United Kingdom. The flight … Continue reading →

‘Italy, Libya patrols proving to be very effective’ Anti-migration patrols by Frontex off the island’s shores have been cancelled after Malta pulled out of the planned operation Chronos, scheduled to start this month. Read more: Times of Malta