08/12/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 8 December, the ambassadors of the EU's Political and Security Committee appointed Günther Freisleben as the new head of the EU border assistance mission, EU BAM Rafah. Freisleben, a high-ranking German police official, succeeds Italian national Natalina Cea who had held the post between 1 July 2015 and 14 September 2017. The mission was established in 2005 to help the Palestinian Authority have effective control at Rafah, but it has been on...