The former head of Frontex, with the aim of curbing immigrants, became the candidate of the extreme French party for the European elections

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting Fabrice Legery, the former head of the EU’s border protection agency, is running for the European elections in June for France’s right-wing nationalists, according to Die Sight. His common goal with this party is to limit immigration.

In this way, “Fabric Legary”, the former head of the European Border Protection Agency, Frontex, has announced that for the party French far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen is running in June’s European elections. Legery and Rassemblement National announced their candidacy for the third place on the party list on Saturday evening. They said they wanted to fight together for tougher EU immigration rules.

Based on polls, Le Pen’s party can hope to do significantly better than French President Emmanuel Macron’s government camp to act in the European elections on June 9.

In April 2022, Legary resigned after serious allegations against him and other Frontex employees. resigned. He has led the agency since 2015.

The reason for the resignation was primarily the investigation into the illegal rejection of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontex executives are said to have deliberately concealed the fact that Greek border guards were returning people seeking protection to the high seas. These so-called rejections at foreign borders are illegal according to international law.

In recent years, the European Union has adopted very strict policies to curb the influx of migrants. This class has put it on the agenda.

Meanwhile, Brussels has asked Frontex for help in many cases to control the influx of immigrants.