New EU Border Force Aims to Curb Migrant Crisis

Following the influx of millions of migrants and refugees in recent years, the European Union has launched a task force charged with securing the bloc’s external frontiers.  A ceremony at the Kapitan Andreevo Border Checkpoint on Bulgaria’s border with Turkey – the far eastern edge of the EU – marked the official launch of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency on Thursday. Newly assigned EBCG border guards in bright blue uniforms demonstrated state-of-the-art surveillance...

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