The European Parliament approved and adopted on 26 April 2007 a regulation providing for special rapid response teams to be set up to give technical and operational assistance in the case of major influxes of illegal migrants over the external borders of any EU Member State.
In negotiations on the regulation, questions immediately arose over the funding of the teams and the need for all Member States to contribute financial and human resources. According to the draft regulation, it will be up to the Frontex Management Board to decide by a three-quarters majority the profiles and the overall number of border guards to be made available by each Member State.
The salaries of border guards deployed in rapid border intervention teams deployed in a host country will continue to be paid by the countries of origin, but the additional costs of operations (travel expenses, repatriation, insurance, living costs) will be borne by Frontex. To this end, Parliament has boosted the agency’s budget by €10 million for 2007.
The decision as to whether an influx amounts to an “emergency” justifying a request to mobilise an intervention team will by taken by the Director of Frontex.
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