Canary Islands calls on the EU for a significant deployment of Frontex with air and maritime resources

Santa Cruz de Tenerife.- The Government of the Canary Islands has requested the European Commission for a “significant” material and human reinforcement of the European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) in the archipelago, which includes aerial means, vessels, radars, and other systems that improve border surveillance.
In response to the open consultation by the General Directorate of Migration and Interior Affairs to update the regulations of this agency, the team of President Fernando Clavijo proposes that Frontex increase its presence in the islands, as reported by the regional government this Wednesday.
The objective is for Frontex to enhance its presence “in a stable and proportional manner” in “strategic points like the Canary Islands,” equipping itself with “resources adapted to the maritime environment and the insular geographical reality.”
To achieve this, the Canary government considers it “crucial” that the new regulation being prepared in Brussels includes the possibility of incorporating a “significant reinforcement of resources” into Frontex’s operations, in line with the magnitude of the migratory challenge faced by the islands.
Currently, the Frontex teams present in the Canary Islands limit their work to operating in the different temporary attention centers for foreigners (CATE), providing support to the National Police in the identification and interviewing of newly arrived migrants to the islands. (August 20)