EU launch new effort to curb migrants crisis

European Union officials inaugurate new task force at the Bulgarian-Turkish border to avoid the dangerous crossing at Mediterranean sea.

European Border and Cost Guard Agency (EBCG) expecting to have 1,500 officers ready from 19 member states who can be mobilised in case of emergency of a sudden rush of migrants.

Eu's long term goals is to lift the border controls inside the bloc and restore the passport-free Schengen Zone.

The EBCG director Fabrice Leggeri said the new agency is stronger and better equipped to tackle migration and security challenges. The force will undergo "stress tests at the external borders to identify vulnerabilities before a crisis hit.

The EU Migrant Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said"from now onward the external EU border of one member state is the external border of all member states - both legally and operationally'.