The Latest Breaking News from Frontex

Alarmed by a recent series of maritime emergencies involving migrants trying to reach European shores, Europe's top ethics watchdog is calling on the EU’s authorities to open a public investigation into thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly demanded an independent commission of inquiry as part…

Rules making the EU's border and coast guard agency Frontex dependent on national authorities need to change to avoid a repeat of a migrant ship tragedy off Greece last year that cost some 600 lives, an official probe concluded Wednesday.

Plan includes energy and infrastructure projects with aim of strengthening stability in Sahel

The decision comes amid renewed asylum seekers arrivals that Helsinki has labelled a Russian hybrid attack.

The European Union’s border protection agency Frontex has joined the search for 12 crew members missing after a cargo ship sank in rough weather near the Greek island of Lesbos

Finland has accused Russia of pushing asylum seekers to its eastern border, which Russia denies.

The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country

The Kremlin has denied the allegations

Refugees and legal experts say offensive, sexualised strip searches appear aimed at deterring further crossings.