Live from the Frontex situation room
(B2) The duty room of the European Agency for Operational Border Cooperation Management is not intended to manage crises directly but rather to provide a permanent overview of what is happening on the ground. It is more of a 'Situation Center' than a 'Crisis Room'.
On the walls, maps on screen providing a bright and illustrated view of the situation. One of them is particularly eloquent. It allows to see the overall situation on the spot the number of suspicious boats.
All the data received by the different national centers are put on the map. This makes it possible to trace the situation in terms of migration at a glance. " Behind each of these green dots, there is a boat carrying more than a hundred people explains a spokesperson. These maps can be enriched with additional information on an area of operation, with the number of incidents, the circulation of merchant ships. " You can zoom in or zoom out at will on these maps. »
On the other screen, other maps of a geographical, topographical nature, or satellite images. And on the right, the television panel allowing to follow the news of the media. A dozen people can thus be together at the same time. The center does not yet operate 24/7. It will come...
