Policy paper

UK-Frontex working arrangement

Working arrangement with Frontex which provides a long-term framework for closer cooperation to tackle illegal migration.

From:
Home Office, Border Force, and The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
Published
23 February 2024

Documents

Working arrangement establishing operational cooperation between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the Home Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (accessible)

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Working arrangement establishing operational cooperation between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the Home Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Details

The deal will enable mutually beneficial cooperation between the UK and Frontex (the European Union Border and Coast Guard Agency) across a range of areas to tackle illegal migration and cross-border crime. 

The working arrangement was announced during Commissioner Johansson’s visit to the UK on 23 February 2024.

It provides the basis for cooperation in areas including:

  • exchange of information and intelligence, situational awareness and risk analysis, including through the framework of EUROSUR (the European Border Surveillance System)  
  • capacity building and training  
  • collaboration on research and innovation projects  
  • technical and operational cooperation (including the deployment of staff from both sides in observation, coordination or advisory capacities)  
  • sharing best practice and expertise, including on border management  
  • exchange of liaison officers  
  • other related cooperation as agreed between the sides

The arrangement emphasises our shared commitment to taking robust action to tackle organised immigration crime, be it in the Channel, along the EU’s external border or further upstream.

Published 23 February 2024