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Frontex currently has over 2,220 uniformed officers deployed in over 300 locations spread out in 33 joint operations with EU member states and abroad (Photo: Frontex)

Frontex wants greater intelligence access as EU mulls expanding powers

Frontex, the EU's border agency, wants more access to data and intelligence as part of a wish-list of expanded powers.

The European Commission, for its part, appears ready to comply.

Stefano Failla, the Frontex's director of intelligence, told EU lawmakers earlier this week that it is c...

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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 currently has over 2,220 uniformed officers deployed in over 300 locations spread out in 33 joint operations with EU member states and abroad (Photo: Frontex)

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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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