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The 123-page leaked report provides a sobering read into an agency whose leadership under the ousted Fabrice Leggeri appeared increasingly corrupted by power whilst having a private disdain for human rights oversight (Photo: European Union, 2019)

Leaked report: Frontex compared rights officer to 'Khmer Rouge'

Earlier this week, the head of the EU's border agency Frontex confirmed she had read a confidential EU report into a litany of abuses carried out by the Warsaw-based agency — but still maintained Frontex had followed all the rules during operations off the Greek coast.

Just days later the entirety of the report, drafted by the EU's anti-fraud office Olaf, was leaked jointly by

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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.

The 123-page leaked report provides a sobering read into an agency whose leadership under the ousted Fabrice Leggeri appeared increasingly corrupted by power whilst having a private disdain for human rights oversight (Photo: European Union, 2019)

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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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