The director of Frontex, Ikkla Laitinen, announced the purpose of this agency to expand its operations beyond the European Union surveillance using drones, with the aim of developing “pictures of common intelligence” in the...

Between 2014 and 2020, the Member countries of the European Union will receive a total of 3.520 million euros to strengthen its external borders.

Gil Arias has pointed out that this agency will coordinate various joint operations in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean whose budget is estimated at approximately EUR 30 million in 2013.