A couple having a picnic in a small stretch of a building's shadow on the Mediterranean coast.

People on the beach of Pretty Bay in Birzebbuga. In the background are the port cranes of Malta Freeport. Having been established in 1988, Malta Freeport was the first transhipment hub in the Mediterr...

A couple smoke while watching television in the Lord Nelson Pub on board of the MSC Lirica, a cruise ship from the Mediterranean Shipping Company.

Passengers on the upper deck of the MSC Lirica, a cruise ship of the Mediterranean Shipping Company, at sea near Malta.

Passengers play mini golf on board of the MSC Lirica, a cruise ship belonging to the Mediterranean Shipping Company.

A man takes a rest on an anchor on the Mediterranean shore.

Tourists relax under an olive tree on the Mediterranean coast.

Two helicopters fly over a stormy Mediterranean Sea.

Frontex employees working in the operations room at the Frontex agency's headquarters. Here they receive data about possible breaches of the EU border, mostly boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

Frontex employees working in the operations room at the Frontex agency's headquarters. Here they receive data about possible breaches of the EU border, mostly boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

A screen displaying a map of the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding countries in the operations room at the Frontex agency's headquarters. Here they receive data about possible breaches of the EU b...

Director of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri in the operations room at the agency's headquarters. Staff here receive data about possible breaches of the EU border, mostly boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

Director of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri in the operations room at the agency's headquarters. Staff here receive data about possible breaches of the EU border, mostly boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

Director of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri in the operations room at the agency's headquarters. Staff here receive data about possible breaches of the EU border, mostly boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

Frontex employees working in the operations room at the Frontex agency's headquarters. Here they receive data about possible breaches of the EU border, mostly boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea.