Fabrice Leggeri, the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (formerly Frontex), called on Member States on 20 February to remain vigilant with regard to certain migration routes, particularly that of the Western Mediterranean, despite the general decline in arrivals in recent years.
He made the appeal in Brussels while presenting the 2019 risk report. The Director expects that the EU's external borders will continue to be somewhat under pressure and tested, as...