I’m in Strasbourg for an extraordinarily busy session of the European Parliament where I will be debating Frontex and corruption. I also have a lot of meetings on the asylum package, Schengen and PNR, amongst other issues. In the College meeting today we had a long debate about enlargement, ahead of the annual report in October.
The Parliament voted today with an overwhelming majority in favour of the revised guidelines for Frontex. The vote is the result of lengthy negotiations, but at last we have now reached a good result that will allow Frontex to operate more efficiently and more effectively. At the same time, the revision will strengthen the human rights aspect of Frontex’s work, which is very important to me. All participants in Frontex operations should have basic knowledge about human rights and international conventions. Independent observers will now participate in return operations. The system for the review and evaluation of Frontex will also be reinforced. Read more about this here.
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