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The new head of the EU’s border agency Frontex, Hans Leijtens, said on Thursday border management and fundamental rights of migrants “go hand in hand.” The previous director of Frontex, the Frenchman Fabrice Leggeri, resigned last year, after serious accusations were made against him and his staff over the treatment of migrants trying to reach the European Union. “It’s not either fundamental rights or border management. It’s border management and fundamental rights,” Leijtens said in Brussels. Under Leggeri, Frontex managers were said to have deliberately covered up the fact that Greek border …