Head of EU border agency offers to resign, source says after accusations of rights abuse

FILE PHOTO: Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of EU border agency Frontex, speaks during an interview with Reuters at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, Poland September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the European Union's border agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has offered to resign, a source told Reuters on Friday, after accusations the body mistreated migrants on the external frontiers of the bloc.

Frontex spokesman Pior Switalski declined to comment as the management board of the Warsaw-based agency was meeting. Leggeri, who was attending the meeting, was not immediately available for comment.