European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/European_Border_and_Coast_Guard_Agency_(Frontex)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:European_Parliament
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:Frontex
gptkbp:activeYearsStart October 2005
gptkbp:budget €845 million (2022)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:European_Asylum_Support_Office
gptkb:Interpol
gptkb:Europol
national border authorities
gptkbp:controversy allegations of human rights violations
accusations of pushbacks
resignation of former director Fabrice Leggeri
gptkbp:director gptkb:Hans_Leijtens
gptkbp:employs faculty
administrative staff
border guards
gptkbp:founded 2004
gptkbp:hasUnit gptkb:European_Border_and_Coast_Guard_Standing_Corps
Training Unit
Research and Innovation Unit
Returns Division
Risk Analysis Unit
Situation Centre
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Warsaw,_Poland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex)
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Regulation_(EU)_2016/1624
gptkbp:logo Frontex logo.svg
gptkbp:mandate border control
migration management
coast guard operations
return operations
gptkbp:memberState European Union member states
gptkbp:mission risk analysis
support EU member states in border management
cooperation with third countries
coordinate joint operations at external borders
research and development in border control
return of irregular migrants
training of border guards
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
Polish
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:European_Border_and_Coast_Guard_Standing_Corps
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:European_Union
gptkbp:predecessor External Borders Agency (Frontex)
gptkbp:reportsTo gptkb:European_Parliament
gptkbp:staffedBy over 2,000 (2023)
gptkbp:website https://frontex.europa.eu/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Polish_Border_Guard
gptkb:EU_Pact_on_Migration_and_Asylum
gptkb:Border_Guard_(Finland)
gptkb:Romanian_Border_Police
gptkb:Swedish_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7