According to media reports, Frontex boss Fabrice Leggeri is said to have offered his resignation in a letter. The European border protection authority has long been criticized for illegal “pushbacks”.
Frontex boss Fabrice Leggeri spoke to media professionals in Rezovo, Bulgaria, in September 2021.
(dpa) According to media reports, the head of the European border protection agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, is ready to resign. According to information from the magazine “Spiegel”, this emerges from a letter from the French to the Board of Directors of Frontex. Leggeri offered his resignation. The magazine “Politico” also reported on it. There was initially no official comment.
Frontex has long been criticized for illegally rejecting migrants in the Mediterranean. According to this, executives of the authority are said to have deliberately covered up the fact that the Greek border guards were bringing refugees back to the open Mediterranean Sea. Rejections of people seeking protection at the external borders – so-called “pushbacks” – are illegal under international law.