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Frontex executive director expands his powers

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Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) Hans Leijtens attends a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 January 2023.
Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) Hans Leijtens attends a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on 19 January 2023. © Monasse Thierry/ANDBZ/Abaca via Reuters Connect

The European Commission is to publish a new, more far-reaching mandate for Frontex for the next ten years. Meanwhile, the agency's chief has just quietly consolidated his mandate by bringing foreign liaison officers – including many police officers and intelligence agents – under his control.

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