Europe’s Frontex Border Guard Stretched to Limit

Article reports that Frontex, the European Union's border protection agency, is demanding more money and equipment in 2011 to seal off Europe's borders to refugees. Agency director Ilkka Laitinen believes the refugee numbers could continue to rise as political unrest escalates in North Africa and the Middle East.

ESO: Background information: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (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: EU to step up Mediterranean control http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-to-step-up-mediterranean-control/

ESO: Background information: Greece to build wall on EU-Turkey border http://www.europeansources.info/record/greece-to-build-wall-on-eu-turkey-border/

Frontex: News Release, 25.2.11: Frontex guest officers sent to work in Italy http://frontex.europa.eu/news/frontex-guest-officers-sent-to-work-in-italy-URXwE0

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