How many victims among African refugees? FRONTEX: between Warsaw and the Canary Islands
What’s FRONTEX? FRONTEX is the French abbreviation for « frontières extérieures » (external borders). The full name says more: FRONTEX is the “European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union”. According to official government information, the agency, which started on 3 October 2005 is responsible for coordinating, supporting and training services responsible for the “security” of external borders. On the surface, it looks like just another EU super-structure, intended to support local agencies. However, both the specific aims of the agency (control of and blocking immigration) and its wider powers (semi-tra…