BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The executive director of the European coast and border guard agency (Frontex), Fabrice Leggeri, tendered his resignation on Friday following allegations against the agency of human rights abuses. man, a source told Reuters on Friday.
The European Union’s anti-fraud agency (Olaf) launched an investigation last year into allegations of human rights violations by Frontex while the agency is responsible for managing migration at the external borders of The union.
Although this investigation has not been made public, the summary “reveals that Frontex management was aware of the human rights violations and deliberately avoided reporting them”, said lawmaker Erik Marquardt on March 2. German belonging to the Green Party.
Frontex spokesman Pior Switalski declined to comment during a meeting of the Warsaw-based agency’s board. Fabrice Leggeri, who attended that meeting, was not immediately available for comment.
(Report by Gabriela Baczynska; French version Dina Kartit, edited by Kate Entringer)
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