European Border and Coast Guard Agency (HQ)

FRONTEX - Cooperation at the External Borders of the EU Member States - (from French: Frontières extérieures for "external borders", legally: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union) is the European Union agency for external border security.

It is responsible for co-ordinating the activities of the national border guards in ensuring the security of the EU's borders with non-member states. The main role of Frontex is to protect EU external borders with North Africa and Turkey from illegal immigration and people trafficking as well as infiltration into Europe by possible terrorist elements from North Africa and the Middle East.