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<p>Frontex is an EU Agency charged with coordination of Member States resources to
improve the security and surveillance of the external borders of the Schengen area.
The effectiveness of Frontex is entirely reliant on the willingness of the Member
States to make those resources available.</p><p> </p><p>Search and Rescue remains
outside the competence of the EU or its Agencies, including Frontex.</p><p> </p><p>We
expect the Member States to give a positive response to the request from Frontex for
adequate resources to deliver the aims of Operation ‘Triton’. ‘Triton’ is a border
management operation which operates closer to the European coast than the current
Italian operation ‘Mare Nostrum’. However it will respond to any search and rescue
emergency declared within reach of its maritime assets.</p><p><br><br></p>
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