The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) signed a new cooperation plan on Thursday 18 July, in the margins of the informal meeting of interior ministers, the two agencies announced in a statement. The cooperation plan covers the period 2019-2021 and follows a previous cooperation plan for the years 2017-2018. The document will govern joint work in the areas of operational cooperation, information and analysis, capacity building and horizontal cooperation, according to the communiqué. The two agencies will collaborate on projects such as the establishment of migration management support teams and to develop a Common Situational Picture on irregular migration and persons in need of international protection. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)