Poland would like to see the new agency for the control of the EU's external borders located on its territory.
The Polish Minister for the Interior has sent an application to Ireland, which currently holds the EU Presidency, to press its case.
Poland argues that it will have the longest ground border in an enlarged EU and is already involved in co-operation in the field.
If the EU border agency is granted to Poland it would be the first EU agency outside the current 15 memb...
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