Migrant crisis: EU to launch new border force plan
- 8 years ago
The European Commission is proposing a force with a stronger mandate than the EU's current Frontex border teams.
But some governments see the powers as violating national sovereignty.
The commission is also proposing to resettle Syrian refugees directly from camps in Turkey to try to stop people taking the dangerous voyage by sea.
Poland says it will oppose any move to send in EU border guards without the host country's approval.
Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said such powers "would mean that this would be an undemocratic structure, not controlled by the member states".
But he said strengthening Frontex "is necessary in every sense".
Frontex - an EU agency based in Poland - is already poised to send border guards to Greece, where almost 800,000 migrants have arrived by sea this year.
Most of them are refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
But some governments see the powers as violating national sovereignty.
The commission is also proposing to resettle Syrian refugees directly from camps in Turkey to try to stop people taking the dangerous voyage by sea.
Poland says it will oppose any move to send in EU border guards without the host country's approval.
Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said such powers "would mean that this would be an undemocratic structure, not controlled by the member states".
But he said strengthening Frontex "is necessary in every sense".
Frontex - an EU agency based in Poland - is already poised to send border guards to Greece, where almost 800,000 migrants have arrived by sea this year.
Most of them are refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.