Q3 Q4

Methodology
The current 32 nd issue of the FRAN Quarterly
is a comparative analysis of FRAN
data collected between April and June
2016 and exchanged between 31 Member
State border-control authorities within the
framework of the Frontex Risk Analysis
Network. The report presents the results
of statistical analysis of quarterly changes
of irregular-migration indicators aggregated
at the level of the event. Analytical
reports exchanged by Member States
were also used for interpretative purposes
and to provide qualitative information, as
were other available sources of information,
such as Frontex Joint Operations.
Precise definitions of Indicators 1 to 6,
aimed at harmonising the data exchanged
at EU level, were presented in the annexes
of the Q1 and Q2 reports of 2009 and are
therefore not repeated here.
The FRAN data exchange has been in
place since September 2008. Data are
exchanged through the ICONet Internet
platform, an interest group of the European
Commission’s CIRCA server. Member
State monthly data are based on a country
template prepared by the Frontex Risk
Analysis Unit. The deadline for submitting
data for each month is the 20th day of the
subsequent month, with the exception of
the end-of-year data, which are requested
by 15 January each year. For this 32 nd issue
of the FRAN Quarterly, the target for
Member States to upload the monthly
data was thus 20 July 2016. In principle,
data submitted subsequent to this date
will be reflected in the next FRAN Quarterly,
except in cases where clarification
is needed in order to proceed with comprehensive
analysis.
In January 2012, the European Union Document-Fraud
Risk Analysis Network (EDF-
RAN) was formed as a specialist forum
to oversee the exchange and analyses of
detections of document fraud at the EU’s
external borders and on all international
flights to the EU. The data were backdated
and merged with those exchanged under a
pilot Tailored Risk Analysis released in 2011.
At the beginning of 2014, Member States
started to regularly collect quantitative
information on indicators related to secondary
movements. Moreover, in July 2014,
Frontex organised workshops for Member
State experts to gather their insights
and analyse available data. Their input
was essential for the analysis of intra-EU/
Schengen secondary movements of undocumented
migrants.
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