European Border and Coast Guard Agency
Also known as Frontex
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly known as Frontex, from , is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.
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- Lars Gerdes
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- European Border and Coast Guard Agency
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- Agency
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- The Seal of Frontex
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- The logo of Frontex
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- The section of Warsaw Spire which houses Frontex's seat
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- (original) (as European Border and Coast Guard Agency)
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- Organisation
- National authorities
- Land borders
- Coasts
- Union agency
- Standing Corps
- Tasks
- Monitoring and risk analysis
- Working with and in third countries
- Repatriation of illegal immigrants
- Budget and staff
- Equipment
- History
- Pre-2005
- 2005–2016
- 2016–present
- Agency-led operations
- 2006 ''Poseidon''
- 2011 ''Hermes''
- 2014 ''Triton''
- 2015 ''Moria Hotspot''
- Controversies
- Alleged Turkish airspace violations
- 2020{{ndash}}2021 OLAF Raid & EU Ombudsman Investigation
- Covering up migrant pushback in Greece
- 2021 "Hiring Chaos" and the Frontex "Potemkin Corps"
- Misleading the EU Parliament and unregistered meetings with lobbyists
- Violations of human rights
- See also
- Existing agencies
- References
- External links
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly known as Frontex, from , is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.
In coordination with the border and coast guards of member states, it exercises border control of the European Schengen Area, a task within the area of freedom, security and justice domain. Formally, the Agency's remit is to "support Member States on the ground in their efforts to protect the external borders"; it does not have authority to act otherwise unless "external border control" [by a member state] "is rendered ineffective to such an extent that it risks jeopardising the functioning of the Schengen area".
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