The guide provides information on the core obligations of first-contact official and the rights of person who may be in need of international protection in the first contact situation. It will steer officers through the process of identification of person who may wish to apply for protection and the provision of relevant procedures guarantees and support.

The report provides an analysis of the current situation of border control at the seaports of the European Union
and in Norway, including the identification of challenges confronted by border guards, good practices, guidelines
and recommendations. To draft it, a working group (WG) was set up by Frontex RDU comprising all EU MSs with
an external maritime border and Norway. In a series of meetings, the experts documented and assessed national
practices and shared experiences gained in making border control on ships and persons at seaports. A number of
identified challenges requiring a common EU approach are presented in the report. The document contains also
a number of best practices of likely interest and utility to MSs who may wish to implement such practices at
their seaports.

The specific objectives of the study are as follows:

a) to establish an inventory of security relevant issues in the context of the application for, production, and use of electronic passports (BAC and EAC) in Europe;

b) to individuate differences among EU/Schengen member States and highlight eventual problems for interoperability when the passports are used for identification at external borders;

c) to identify best practices related to the issuance processes;

d) to suggest a set of recommendation to redress security gaps in the issuance process.

The resulting report covers not only security but also interoperability and follows the e-Passport through all the steps of its life-cycle, from application to invalidation.

Frontex Mental Health Strategy has been drafted to support Member States in strengthening their capacities in fulfilling their ‘duty of care’ in the area of occupational mental health and to encourage both the Agency and national border guarding services to introduce measures preventing mental health risks and promoting psychosocial well-being ‘of the participants in Frontex joint operations’.

Contact: OSH@frontex.europa.eu

Link: https://myfx.frontex.europa.eu/cases/PRJ36/PRJ-2018-00009/Documents/40%20Deliverables/Translations/Mental%20Health%20Strategy/Mental%20Health%20Strategy_WEB_V2.pdf#search=Frontex%20Mental%20Health%20Strategy%20%282016%29

By providing a structured description of the hands-on activities that the Member States and Frontex need to undertake for the effective deployment of surveillance aircraft, these guidelines provide comprehensive information on the administrative and logistic processes that such deployment entails to all parties involved. Additionally, National Frontex Points of Contact (NFPOCs) and other competent national authorities may use these guidelines as a training tool as they include basic reference material for organising deployment. Hence, this publication also contributes to strengthening the interoperability and preparedness of the competent national authorities that provide or receive aerial support.

This study provides border guards with an overview of the ethical issues that can arise from their work. It provides border guards with a guide to the ethical principles that can help to manage and resolve those issues. The study is divided into three parts. The first part is a survey and analysis of codes of conduct currently in use by border agencies in EU countries. It begins by giving a brief description of the aims and functions of codes of conduct. It then provides an overview of 23 border guard codes of conduct, highlighting their shared concerns and noting their differences. This comparative survey is first presented in a table and then discussed in more detail. The study concludes by identifying both, main areas of overlap and gaps between the national codes of conduct and the Schengen Code and Handbook.

Link: https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-publishes-study-on-ethics-in-border-security-iXGzI6

This Frontex Air-Crew Training Manual is the first step towards a unified European air operation system for border guards and police forces. A high level of flight safety through common training standards, the sharing of best practices, and harmonised procedures is the way forward to ensure successful future Joint Operations (JOs) in European border security. The main objective of this training manual is to set common training standards for both national and Frontex training.

This Manual sets common standards within Frontex Air-Crew Training for JOs for the following:

- meteorological flight minima

- proposals for the minimum flight crew

- description of training needs for air-crew members’ standardisation

- description of common training courses.

This document intends to provide Member States with a tentative framework for building a targeting capability, by providing guidelines about the different processes to be set up, areas of interest to be taken into account as regards the organisation, management and coordination of the capability, and its cooperation with external partners.

Contact: Sensitive document - HoU.INNOVATE@frontex.europa.eu also available in FOSS 

The brochure has been built for Imposter detection for border guards with some reference material and
terminology. Checking a person’s identity starts with a comparison of the person and the document that he or
she presents. The increasing quality of security features in identity documents is making it more and more
difficult to forge such a document. To obtain another identity, it is more common to use another person’s
authentic document whose photo matches with the perpetrator’s face. To combat such lookalike fraud and to
decide whether the person who presents the document is actually the person the document shows, a universal,
systematic approach is necessary.

Contact: HoU.Academy@frontex.europa.eu 

This document intends to provide Member States with tools for the development of risk profiles, including proposing a methodology for building tactical risk profiles, presenting a framework on risk profiles to be used for the more effective combination and processing of risk indicators, and providing practical resources and examples.

Contact: Sensitive document - HoU.INNOVATE@frontex.europa.eu also available in FOSS