The European Border and Coast Guard in the New Regulation: Towards Centralisation in Border Management

• Author: Juan Santos Vara
• Profession: Professor of Public International Law and European Law, Jean Monnet Chair in EU External Action, Director of the Master in European Studies and Coordination of the European Joint Master's in Strategic Border Management at the University of Salamanca, Spain
• Pages: 67-80

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6. THE EUROPEAN BORDER

AND COAST GUARD IN THE

NEW REGULATION: TOWARDS

CENTRALISATION IN BORDER

MANAGEMENT

Juan Santos Vara

1. Introduction

e development of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

(AFSJ) has led to a multiplication of the activities carried out by

EU agencies, which were created to support and reinforce opera-

tional cooperation between national authorities. It is not possible

to understand the development of the AFSJ without the agencies.

e activities carried out by AFSJ agencies are very diverse and

have continued to expand in recent years. e large-scale and

uncontrolled arrival of migrants and asylum seekers to the EU

has led to the expansion of the operational powers of Frontex and

EASO beyond original expectations. e activities performed by

Frontex and EASO in the last years go beyond mere coordination

and they have assumed relevant operational activities which may

have negative implications on fundamental rights.

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