At their formal meeting on Friday 12 October in Luxembourg, ministers and representatives from ministries of the interior of EU member states confirmed their interest in advancing the new rules of the Frontex agency, presented on 13 September by the European Commission, which aim in particular to provide 10,000 staff by 2020 for the European Coastguard and Border Guard Agency, the new name of Frontex (see EUROPE 12094).
The European Commission, through Commissioner for Migration Dimitris...