📢 Situation at EU external borders: First nine months of 2025 📊 Irregular border crossings fall by 22% 📉 Western African, Western Balkan, and Eastern Land Border routes continue with strong declines 🚨 Central Mediterranean is the busiest route, accounts for 40% of all

246 cocaine pellets. Swallowed. Carried across the Atlantic. The destination: Paris. The plan: smuggle over 2 kilos of drugs into Europe. 🇫🇷 @PoliceNationale and #Frontex teams uncovered the plot at the Charles de Gaulle airport. Swift action, smugglers stopped, drugs seized.

Planning a trip to Europe? From late next year, travellers from countries whose citizens don’t need visas to visit Europe will need something new: #ETIAS. It’s not a visa. Just a quick online authorisation before you fly. One application, three years of travel. We’re spreading

This year marks 10 years of #CopernicusEU at @Frontex, a decade of innovation and collaboration, supporting 🇪🇺 border management through the Copernicus Security Service. Read more in the latest #Observer: https://t.co/MLm2MWuGLd

A sharp eye makes all the difference. At the Bozaj border crossing in Montenegro, national authorities and our officer Zoran found 120 kilos of marijuana hidden in the roof of a lorry. The driver is in custody and the drugs were seized. Smart work, solid teamwork.

A boy stopped breathing. His mother screamed for help. At the Bogorodica border crossing in North Macedonia, Achim, a German police officer taking part in our operation, stepped into action. He ran from his booth, performed the Heimlich manoeuvre, and the boy started breathing

In Mexico City, @EUHomeAffairs DDG Olivier Onidi, with Jürgen Ebner @Europol & Stefano Failla @Frontex, reinforced the EU’s partnership with 🇲🇽 on #securityEU & #migrationEU. Fighting organised crime and ensuring safe & orderly migration require strong cooperation between 🇪🇺🤝🇲🇽

At the High-Level Retreat on Euro-Mediterranean Relations in Rabat, #Frontex Deputy Executive Director Aija Kalnaja highlighted the need for stronger cooperation across the Mediterranean to tackle cross-border threats, especially the criminal networks involved in trafficking and

Copernicus Security Services are key to EFCA operations. We were glad to join @SatCen_EU, @Europol & @eu_eeas in the panel on space-based services during the 10Ys of Copernicus event at @Frontex — an unique opportunity to share perspectives across key implementation areas. #IUU🎣

📢 Situation at EU external borders: First eight months of 2025 📊 Irregular border crossings fall by 21% 📉 Western Balkan, Eastern Land Border and Western African route continue with sharp declines 🚨 Central Mediterranean busiest route, accounts for two of every five

📢 Situation at EU external borders - First seven months of 2025 📊 Irregular border crossings fell by 18% y/y 📉 Western Balkans, Eastern Land Borders and Western African routes continue sharp declines 🚨 Central Mediterranean is the busiest route, accounts for two out of every

A mother ran through Larnaca Airport in Cyprus holding her 9-month-old baby. The child wasn't breathing. #Frontex officer Ricardo saw her panic and rushed to help. He used his Frontex emergency training to clear the baby's airway, working with a nearby nanny. The baby had

2 Frontex planes tracked a dangerously overcrowded boat with some 100 people on board near Libya and Tunisia. Another plane rushed from far away to support their rescue. When the metal boat capsized mid-rescue on Tuesday, one of our crews released a yellow life raft from the air

#Frontex and the Bulgarian Border Police tested drones in real operations to boost border surveillance. Fully mobile, packed with sensors, and able to stream live data straight to teams on the ground. This is not future tech. It is already in use and changing how we protect EU

2 Frontex planes tracked a dangerously overcrowded boat with some 100 people on board near Libya and Tunisia. Another plane rushed from far away to support their rescue. When the metal boat capsized mid-rescue on Tuesday, one of our crews released a yellow life raft from the air

When it comes to the instrumentalisation of migrants, EU countries need to direct their measures towards the hostile actors not punish the migrants & refugees who are being used for political gains. Read more in FRA's latest position paper: https://t.co/cTb2nDWcw7