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epa05572800 Police officers of European Border and Coast Guard stand on duty, during the official launch of the European Border and Coast Guard, in Kapitan Andreevo Check Point, on the borders of Bulgaria with Turkey, 06 October 2016. The new European Border and Coast Guard Agency 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 will ensure stronger shared management of the EU's external borders. European Commission President Jean-Claude 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/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU