The agreement includes the upgrade of the Frontex agency which together with national border management authorities will form the new European force.
 
According to a European Parliament’s Press Release, the regulation would enable extra border guard teams (European Border and Coast Guard or EBCG) to be rapidly deployed to EU countries whose external borders are under pressure. National authorities would still manage their borders day to day, but could seek help from the new agency in a crisis.
 
The aim is to better manage the refugee crisis and tackle the flows of migrants arriving to Europe. Dutch Migration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff said Wednesday that with the move “we have more control over migration streams and we enlarge the safety of our citizens”.
 
The Netherlands currently holds the EU's rotating presidency and chaperoned the border guard plan through.
 
European Parliament’s lead negotiator on the deal, Artis Pabriks (EPP, LV) said: “We reached this compromise with the Dutch Presidency at breath-taking speed. With this regulation we have made the European Border and Coast Guard Agency more effective, more efficient and more accountable. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so we introduced the concept that the security of EU external borders is a responsibility shared among all EU member states”.