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		</div><p>A new European border and coast guard force has been officially launched at a checkpoint on the bloc&#8217;s external border with Turkey in Bulgaria.</p>
<p>The new taskforce, launched at the Kapitan Andreevo crossing, was built from the border management agency Frontex because national coast guards were overwhelmed by the refugee emergency.</p>
<p>&#8220;From now onwards, the external EU border of one member state is the external border of all member states &#8211; both legally and operationally,&#8221; said Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship.</p>
<p>The service will have more than double Frontex&#8217;s staff and new powers. EU countries will establish a pool of 1,500 guards and technical equipment to rapidly deploy to countries facing heavy migration flows.</p>
<p>Liaison officers will be stationed in EU states with external borders to monitor movements.</p>
<p>Fabrice Leggeri, the executive director of Frontex, said the agency will be able to offer operational support to neighbouring non-EU countries asking for assistance at their border and share intelligence on cross-border criminal activities.</p>
<p>Frontex has been unable to effectively control the external borders of the EU due to its limited powers and lack of sufficient staff.</p>
<p>The uncontrolled stream of migrants entering Europe led some countries to build fences on their borders, cutting off routes used by migrants to travel to northern European countries.</p>
<p>According to the EU, the long-term aim is to scrap border controls inside the bloc and to restore the passport-free Schengen Zone across the continent.</p>
<p>The new agency will also be involved in efforts to repatriate migrants whose asylum claims are rejected or are considered a security threat.</p>
<p>In addition, it will be able to carry out border operations, including search and rescue operations, on its own initiative without waiting for a request from the country concerned.</p>
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