The Latest Breaking News from Frontex

Hundreds dying as route from Libya or Tunisia to Greece or Italy made in unseaworthy, overloaded boats

The European Union's border agency Frontex says that illegal immigration into the EU rose by ten percent in the first half of 2023 compared to a year ago, with Mediterranean routes accounting for most of the arrivals.

The crossing through the Central Mediterranean to the EU is the most active route this year, border agency Frontex says.

Research into loss of trawler with hundreds of deaths strongly contradicts official accounts – while finding a failure to mobilise help and evidence that survivor statements were tampered with

Greece’s new minister for migration says he would consider it “unthinkable” for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country

An official says the European Union’s border agency has asked for “clarifications and information” from Greece’s coast guard on two alleged cases of migrants crossing by boat being illegally deported back to Turkey

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky are the key figures at a European Union summit underway in Brussels this Thursday, highlighting the importance of protecting the EU's eastern flank from Russian aggression and bolstering support for Tunisia to combat illegal migration across the Mediterranean.

The European Commission calls for ‘thorough and transparent investigation’ into the deadly sinking of a boat off Greece.

The Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a boat full of men, women and children, around 50 miles away from the southern Greek town of Pylos.