Brussels Notebook

IMMIGRATION AT THE FOREFRONT

The anti-migrant vote in the European Parliament elections focused EU leaders’ attention on the issue at their June summit when France and Italy put the issue of increased funding for Frontex on the agenda. The Warsaw based agency’s main role is to establish common border rules and provide emergency help, but its budget was cut last year. Eurosur, intended to reinforce Frontex from the point of view of active surveillance, was set up in December to pool border information between 18 Schengen countries. Italy, in its six-month role as President of the European Union, is pressing the issue, looking to expand the service with its Frontex Plus proposals.

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