His resignation proposal must be examined by the board of directors on Friday. It follows a survey diligent by the European Antifraude Office of Lutting Lighting on Ceal of Migrants Return.
Le Monde with AFP
The boss of the European Coast Guard Agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, presented his resignation on Thursday, learned the France-Presse agency, Friday April 29. This must be “examined by the board of directors” during the day, said this source close to the file.
“I can confirm that he presented his resignation” to the board of directors, and this “opens the possibility of a new beginning” for Frontex, a spokesman for the German government interviewed in Berlin told Berlin during ‘A regular press conference.
The proposal to resign from Mr. Leggeri “follows an investigation diligent against his management of the agency by the Olaf”, the European Antifraude wrestling office, underlined the source, confirming information from the press . The agency completed a report, not public, in February 2022, the fruit of a year of investigation.
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Executive director of Frontex since 2015, Fabrice Leggeri has been targeted by a report by the Olaf which, according to the point, criticizes him in substance for “not having respected the procedures, [of] having demonstrated disloyal vis -Wholes of the European Union, and poor personal management “.
But this investigation comes against the backdrop of regular accusations in recent years, especially on the part of NGOs, on illegal repressions of migrants (called “Pushbacks”) and complacency towards the Greek authorities, for example, on Brutal references to Turkey.
A survey of the world and its partners of “Lighthouse Reports” also demonstrates that between March 2020 and September 2021, Frontex listed illegal referrals of migrants, who came to Greek waters, as simple “prevention operations At the start “carried out in Turkish waters.
In seven years at the head of Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri accompanied the strengthening of the agency, which was considerably “muscular”, and whose workforce must reach 10,000 coast guards and border guards by 2027 .