Frontex gets power to track migration talk on social media

The EU's border agency, Frontex, will be able to monitor social media for information about migration flows. The European Commission on Tuesday unveiled a revamp of Frontex , strengthening its capabilities and capacity to tackle illegal migration. It will play a more prominent role in deporting people with no legal right to remain in the EU, including new powers to carry out return operations beyond the bloc’s territory and new oversight on social media. The role of social media platforms in spreading information that contributes to illegal migration was central to the crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta , where thousands of migrants illegally crossed the border within a few hours in July.