European Agenda on Migration: Commission reports on progress in making the new European Border and Coast Guard fully operational

On 25 January 2017 the European Commission took stock of the progress achieved and the work still needed in making the new European Border and Coast Agency fully operational.

Three months after the launch of the Agency, important steps have been completed, including the setting up of mandatory rapid reaction pools for border guards and equipment and the launch of new pools for return intervention teams. These can be deployed in support of Member States who have the primary role and competence in reinforcing the control at the external border. Currently, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency has more than 1,550 officers deployed to support Member States at their external borders, complementing the existing national capacities of Member States of over 100,000 border guards.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Securing Europe's external borders: Launch of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency http://www.europeansources.info/record/securing-europes-external-borders-launch-of-the-european-border-and-coast-guard-agency/

ESO: Key source: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (EBCGA | FRONTEX) http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-agency-for-the-management-of-operational-cooperation-at-the-external-borders-of-the-member-states-of-the-european-union-frontex-european-border-and-coast-guard-agency-ebcga/

ESO: Background information: European Border and Coast Guard system http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-border-and-coast-guard-system-3/

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