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- There have been proposals by the European Commission to upgrade the border agency Frontex, which is responsible for overseeing the security of the EU's external borders. - This new agency, called the European Border and Coastguard Agency, would involve having a pool of armed guards, drawn from different EU member states, that can be dispatched to EU countries at three days'notice(2). - The UK is an exception to this, as it cannot be commanded to accept or contribute border guards(3). - Although the European Border and Coastguard Agency has been called an "EU Navy(4)," it would function more in a supervisory capacity(5). The border agencies of host countries would still retain day-to-day control(6), and the personnel from the new agency would be required to submit to the direction of the country where they are deployed(7). - However, interventions could potentially happen against the wishes of a host country(8). They include instances such as "disproportionate migratory pressure" occurring on a country's border(9). For this intervention to happen, the new border agency would have to gain consent from the European Commission(10). - Under these proposals, border guards would be allowed to carry guns(11). The agency would also be able to acquire its own supply of patrol ships and helicopters(12).

References: (1)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf

(2)ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=36

(3)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=20

(4)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3361342/British-border-troops-join-EU-border-force-able-ignore-countries-national-sovereignty-patrol-borders-bid-control-migrant-crisis.html

(5)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=9

(6)http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6327_en.htm

(7)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=49

(8)http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6327_en.htm

(9)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=34

(10)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=10

(11)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=31

(12)http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/securing-eu-borders/legal-documents/docs/regulation_on_the_european_border_and_coast_guard_en.pdf#page=46