Frontex chief thanks Poland for helping secure EU eastern border

The executive director of Frontex, the EU border and coast guard agency based in Warsaw, thanked Polish authorities during a visit to the Polish-Belarusian border for their help in securing the EU's eastern external border. Fabrice Leggeri added that he was impressed by the assets deployed in controlling the border areas, where a state of emergency has been in force since September 2 due to increased migratory pressure.