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epa05574554 European Border and Coast Guard Agency officers from Netherlands (R) and Bulgaria (L) speak as they monitor the border between Bulgaria and Turkey at the check point Kapitan Andreevo, southeast Bulgaria, 07 October 2016. The new European Border and Coast Guard Agency on 06 October 2016 started its operation along the Bulgarian-Turkish border at Kapitan Andreevo checkpint, the biggest border crossing from EU member state Bulgaria to Turkey. Built on Frontex, the new Agency is aimed to ensure stronger shared management of the EU's external borders. European Commission President Juncker called, in his State of the Union speech to the European Parliament, on member states to deploy extra border guards and 50 vehicles to Bulgaria by October. EPA/VASSIL DONEV