His agency and Greece are finalising details of the plan, the statement said. The intervention is to call on pools of 1,500 officers and other staff which EU and Schengen countries are to provide within five days, according to the statement.
They must also make equipment available within 10 days. The Schengen Area comprises 26 European countries that have abolished controls at their mutual borders, four of which are not EU members. Migrants currently have unimpeded passage across Turkey to the borders of EU members Greece and Bulgaria, raising major concerns across the 27-member bloc.