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Frontex return budget went from 13m in 2015 to almost €54m in 2018. (Photo: Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI))

'No burning crisis' on migrant arrivals, EU agency says

The security of the external borders of the European Union is likely to be tested this year, says the Warsaw-based European Border and Coast Guard agency.

"Our external borders will be tested, very likely in 2019 again and also the borders of neighbouring countries," Fabrice Leggeri, the head of the agency, told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday (20 February).

The agency's budget and staff has expanded over the years, turning it into what Leggeri now describes as a

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Frontex return budget went from 13m in 2015 to almost €54m in 2018. (Photo: Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI))

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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