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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12942

30 April 2022
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
Challenged by OLAF and press investigations into pushback practices, Fabrice Leggeri resigns from direction of Frontex
Brussels, 29/04/2022 (Agence Europe)

The Executive Director of the border and coast guard agency, Frontex, Frenchman Fabrice Leggeri, presented his resignation to the agency’s management board, which accepted it on Friday 29 April.

The agency’s boss was put on the spot by a confidential report from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), which has been investigating his mismanagement of the agency for months and which may have precipitated his decision, according to Politico, which broke the story.

Due to the...

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